Section 4-205.14 - Microbrewery festival license; microbrewery fair license; feeA. The director may issue on a temporary basis a microbrewery festival license that authorizes: 1. The sampling of the microbrewery products on the microbrewery festival premises.2. The sale of products for consumption on the microbrewery festival premises.3. The sale of products in the original container for consumption off the microbrewery festival premises.B. Before the director may issue a microbrewery festival license, a microbrewery festival that is to occur at an otherwise unlicensed location or at a location that is not fully within the licensee's existing licensed premises must be approved by the board of supervisors of the county, or the board's designee, if the event is to be held in an unincorporated area or by the governing body of the city or town, or the governing body's designee, if the event is to be held in a city or town. A denial by the county, city or town must be forwarded to the director within sixty days after the submission of an application to the county, city or town unless the applicant has requested more time for consideration of the application.C. The approval process prescribed in subsection B of this section does not apply to physical locations that are fully located within a licensed premises.D. The director may issue one or more microbrewery festival licenses for each licensed microbrewery, for a total of up to one hundred fifty calendar days for each microbrewery. The director may establish a fee for each day of each event for a microbrewery festival license.E. Any microbrewery may apply for a microbrewery festival license pursuant to this section.F. A representative of the licensed microbrewery may consume small amounts of the products of the licensed microbrewery on the festival premises for the purpose of quality control.G. The director may issue a microbrewery fair license with the permission of state fair organizers or county fair organizers. Any microbrewery may allow the sampling of microbrewery products on the fair premises, the sale of the products for consumption on the fair premises and the sale of the products in original containers for consumption off of the fair premises at any sanctioned state fair or county fair. The director may establish a fee for each day for each event for a microbrewery fair license.H. Section 4-201 does not apply to the licenses provided under this section. Added by L. 2023, ch. 25,s. 4, eff. 10/30/2023.