Section 9-1304.1 - Beer and wine festival license(a)(1) There is a beer and wine festival license.(2) The Board may issue one festival license each year.(b) The Board may issue the license to a holder of a retail license, Class 3 winery license, or Class 4 limited winery license.(c) The license authorizes the holder to display and sell:(1) wine that is: (i) manufactured and processed in any state; and(ii) distributed in the State when the license application is filed; or(2) beer that is brewed by a brewer: (i) that brews less than 60,000 barrels of beer annually; and(ii) whose product is distributed in the State when the license application is filed.(d) A license holder shall display and sell beer and wine: (1) at retail for on- and off-premises consumption; and(2) during the hours and days designated for the festival.(e) The Board: (1) each year may choose 1 weekend, Friday through Sunday inclusive, for the festival;(2) may not choose the weekend selected for the Maryland Wine Festival in Carroll County;(3) shall choose a location that is not already licensed; and(4) shall ensure that the primary focus of the festival is the promotion of Maryland beer and wine.(f) The license holder may hold another license of a different class or nature.(g) Beer and wine displayed and sold shall be:(1) invoiced to the license holder by a wholesaler, Class 3 winery, or Class 4 limited winery; and(2) delivered to the festival from the licensed premises of the wholesaler, Class 3 winery, or Class 4 limited winery.(h) A holder of a wholesale, Class 3 winery, or Class 4 limited winery license may enter into an agreement with the license holder to: (1) deliver beer and wine not earlier than 2 days before the effective date of the license; and(2) accept returns not later than 2 days after the expiration date of the license.(i) The Board may set the license fee.(j) The Board shall adopt regulations to carry out this section.Renumbered from AB§ 9-1304by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 700, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2019.Renumbered from AB§ 9-1304by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 699, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2019.Added by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 41, Sec. 2, eff. 7/1/2016.