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MD. Alcoholic Beverages Code Ann. §  4-1207 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Alcoholic Beverages|Division I - General Provisions Affecting Multiple Jurisdictions|Title 4 - Local Licensing|Subtitle 12 - Temporary Licenses|Section 4-1207 - Temporary Move of Licensed Premises

    (a)    When a licensed premises must be moved due to fire or other catastrophe, the local licensing board may issue a license to a holder to move the licensed premises from one location to another while the premises is being restored for:        (1)    a period that the local licensing board determines; but        (2)    not more than 6 months.    (b)    The local licensing board:        (1)    may approve the new location to which the license holder has temporarily moved; but        (2)    may not charge a fee for the approval.
MD. Alcoholic Beverages Code Ann. §  4-1208 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Alcoholic Beverages|Division I - General Provisions Affecting Multiple Jurisdictions|Title 4 - Local Licensing|Subtitle 12 - Temporary Licenses|Section 4-1208 - Hours and Days of Sale

    For the exercise of the privileges of the license, a temporary license is a regular license of the corresponding class for determining the hours and days of operation.
MD. Alcoholic Beverages Code Ann. §  4-1209 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Alcoholic Beverages|Division I - General Provisions Affecting Multiple Jurisdictions|Title 4 - Local Licensing|Subtitle 12 - Temporary Licenses|Section 4-1209 - Wine Permit for Fund-Raising Event

    (a)    A nonprofit organization may receive a wine permit for a fund–raising event by applying to the local licensing board for the jurisdiction in which the event is to be held.    (b)    A permit authorizes the holder to:        (1)    hold a fund–raising event on the federally bonded premises of a winery, provided the winery is operated under a Class 3 winery license or Class 4 limited winery license and holds a Class A light wine license; and        (2)    purchase wine in sealed containers from the winery and sell the wine at the event in open containers at retail for consumption on the permit premises.    (c)    The winery hosting the event shall cosign the permit.    (d)    A winery may not host more than six events under this section per calendar year.    (e)    The permit fee is $15.
MD. Alcoholic Beverages Code Ann. §  5-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Alcoholic Beverages|Division I - General Provisions Affecting Multiple Jurisdictions|Title 5 - General Beer Regulation|Subtitle 1 - Beer Franchise Fair Dealing Act|Section 5-101 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Beer distributor” means a person that imports or causes to be imported into the State, or purchases or causes to be purchased in the State, beer for sale or resale to a retail dealer licensed under this article without regard to whether the business of the person is conducted under a beer franchise agreement or another form of agreement with a beer manufacturer.    (c)    “Beer franchise agreement” means:        (1)    a commercial relationship between a beer distributor and beer manufacturer that:            (i)    is of a definite or indefinite duration; and            (ii)    is not required to be in writing;        (2)    a relationship in which a beer manufacturer grants a beer distributor the right to offer and sell the brands of beer offered by the beer manufacturer;        (3)    a relationship in which a beer distributor, as an independent business, constitutes a component of a beer manufacturer’s distribution system;        (4)    a relationship in which a beer distributor’s business is substantially associated with a beer manufacturer’s brand, advertising, or another commercial symbol that designates the beer manufacturer;        (5)    a relationship in which a beer distributor’s business relies substantially on a beer manufacturer for the continued supply of beer; or        (6)    a written or oral arrangement of definite or indefinite duration in which:            (i)    a beer manufacturer grants to a beer distributor the right to use a trade name, trademark, service mark, or related characteristic; and            (ii)    there is a community of interest in the marketing of goods or services at wholesale or retail, by lease, or by another method.    (d)    “Beer manufacturer” means:        (1)    a brewer, fermenter, processor, bottler, or packager of beer located in or outside the State; or        (2)    a person located in or outside the State that enters into a beer franchise agreement with a beer distributor doing business in the State.    (e)    “Fair market value” means the price at which an asset would change hands between a willing seller and a willing buyer when:        (1)    neither is acting under any compulsion; and        (2)    both have knowledge of all of the relevant facts.    (f)    “Franchisee” means:        (1)    a beer distributor to whom a beer franchise agreement is granted or offered; or        (2)    a beer distributor that is a party to a beer franchise agreement.    (g)    “Franchisor” means a beer manufacturer that:        (1)    enters into a beer franchise agreement with a beer distributor; or        (2)    is a party to a beer franchise agreement.    (h)    “Sales territory” means the area of sales responsibility designated by a beer franchise agreement for the brand or brands of beer of a beer manufacturer.
MD. Alcoholic Beverages Code Ann. §  5-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Alcoholic Beverages|Division I - General Provisions Affecting Multiple Jurisdictions|Title 5 - General Beer Regulation|Subtitle 1 - Beer Franchise Fair Dealing Act|Section 5-102 - Scope of Subtitle

    This subtitle applies to corporations, partnerships, trusts, agencies, and other entities and to persons who are officers, directors, and other individuals in active control of the activities of a corporation, a partnership, a trust, an agency, or any other entity.
MD. Alcoholic Beverages Code Ann. §  5-103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Alcoholic Beverages|Division I - General Provisions Affecting Multiple Jurisdictions|Title 5 - General Beer Regulation|Subtitle 1 - Beer Franchise Fair Dealing Act|Section 5-103 - Legislative Policy

    (a)    It is the policy of the State that:        (1)    it is necessary to regulate and control beer franchise agreements and relationships between beer manufacturers and beer distributors:            (i)    to foster and promote temperance in the consumption of beer; and            (ii)    to promote respect for and obedience to the laws that control the distribution and sale of beer; and        (2)    temperance and obedience to the laws that control the distribution and ultimate sale of beer is promoted by legislation that encourages beer distributors to make investments in their facilities to serve retail license holders by protecting them against the termination of beer distributorships, or other acts described in this subtitle, without good cause for the termination or other acts.    (b)    It is necessary to accomplish this policy to eliminate the undue stimulation of sales of beer in the State by beer manufacturers that induce or coerce, or attempt to induce or coerce, beer distributors to act detrimentally to the orderly and lawful distribution of beer by:        (1)    threatened or actual termination of the beer manufacturer and beer distributor relationship, directly or indirectly;        (2)    the establishment of dual beer distributors of a brand or brands of beer in a sales territory presently served by a beer distributor; or        (3)    the sale of the same brand or brands of beer in one sales territory by more than one franchisee.    (c)    The General Assembly further recognizes the distinction between the nature of the distribution of beer and other alcoholic beverages in that distributors of alcoholic beverages other than beer are franchised by manufacturers to distribute many brands of various kinds of alcoholic beverages and are not as vulnerable to the economic pressures of the manufacturers as are beer distributors, which traditionally handle mainly one, two, or three brands of beer in their distributorships.
MD. Alcoholic Beverages Code Ann. §  5-104 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Alcoholic Beverages|Division I - General Provisions Affecting Multiple Jurisdictions|Title 5 - General Beer Regulation|Subtitle 1 - Beer Franchise Fair Dealing Act|Section 5-104 - Prohibited Inducements by Beer Manufacturer; Failure to Deliver Beer

    A beer manufacturer may not:        (1)    induce or coerce, or attempt to induce or coerce, a beer distributor to accept delivery of an alcoholic beverage, any form of advertisement, or another commodity that the beer distributor did not order;        (2)    induce or coerce, or attempt to induce or coerce, a beer distributor to do an illegal act or thing, or to do an act unfair to the beer distributor, by threatening to cancel, terminate, or refuse to renew a beer franchise agreement that exists between the beer manufacturer, or its representative, and the beer distributor; or        (3)    fail or refuse to deliver to a beer distributor with a beer franchise agreement any beer that the beer manufacturer or its agents advertised publicly for immediate sale promptly after the beer manufacturer received an order from the beer distributor.
MD. Alcoholic Beverages Code Ann. §  5-105 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Alcoholic Beverages|Division I - General Provisions Affecting Multiple Jurisdictions|Title 5 - General Beer Regulation|Subtitle 1 - Beer Franchise Fair Dealing Act|Section 5-105 - Multiple Franchisees in Same Territory Prohibited

    If a franchisor designates a sales territory for which a franchisee is primarily responsible or in which a franchisee is required to concentrate its efforts, the franchisor may not enter into a beer franchise agreement with another beer distributor to establish an additional franchisee for its brand or brands of beer in that sales territory.
MD. Alcoholic Beverages Code Ann. §  5-106 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Alcoholic Beverages|Division I - General Provisions Affecting Multiple Jurisdictions|Title 5 - General Beer Regulation|Subtitle 1 - Beer Franchise Fair Dealing Act|Section 5-106 - Sale or Delivery by Franchisee Prohibited Outside of Territory

    If a franchisee is granted a sales territory for which the franchisee is primarily responsible or in which the franchisee is required to concentrate its efforts, the franchisee may not sell or deliver beer to a retail dealer whose place of business is not within the sales territory granted to the franchisee.
MD. Alcoholic Beverages Code Ann. §  5-107 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Alcoholic Beverages|Division I - General Provisions Affecting Multiple Jurisdictions|Title 5 - General Beer Regulation|Subtitle 1 - Beer Franchise Fair Dealing Act|Section 5-107 - Notice of Intent to Terminate or Refuse to Renew Beer Franchise Agreement

    (a)    This section does not apply to a temporary delivery agreement under § 2–209(c) of this article for a beer festival or a wine and beer festival.    (b)    (1)    Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, if a franchisor intends to terminate or refuses to renew a beer franchise agreement, the franchisor shall notify the franchisee in writing of its intent:            (i)    at least 45 days before the termination or refusal to renew takes effect, for a franchisor that annually produces 20,000 or fewer barrels of beer in aggregate, in conjunction with any affiliate; and            (ii)    at least 180 days before the termination or refusal to renew takes effect, for all other franchisors.        (2)    The notices required by this section shall state all the reasons for the intended termination or nonrenewal.    (c)    (1)    If a deficiency is claimed in the notice provided under subsection (b)(1)(ii) of this section, the franchisee has 180 days to rectify the deficiency.        (2)    If the franchisee rectifies the deficiency within 180 days after the notice provided under subsection (b)(1)(ii) of this section is received, the intended termination or nonrenewal of the beer franchise agreement is void.    (d)    The notice requirement of subsection (b) of this section does not apply if the reason for the intended termination or nonrenewal is insolvency, the occurrence of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or bankruptcy.
MD. Alcoholic Beverages Code Ann. §  5-108 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Alcoholic Beverages|Division I - General Provisions Affecting Multiple Jurisdictions|Title 5 - General Beer Regulation|Subtitle 1 - Beer Franchise Fair Dealing Act|Section 5-108 - Termination of or Refusal to Renew Beer Franchise Agreement Without Good Cause Prohibited

    (a)    This section does not apply to a temporary delivery agreement under § 2–209(c) of this article for a beer festival or a wine and beer festival.    (b)    (1)    (i)    This paragraph does not apply to a franchisor that annually produces 20,000 or fewer barrels of beer in aggregate, in conjunction with any affiliate.            (ii)    Notwithstanding the terms of a beer franchise agreement, a franchisor may not terminate or refuse to continue or renew a beer franchise agreement, or cause a franchisee to resign from a beer franchise agreement, without good cause.        (2)    For purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection, good cause includes the revocation of a franchisee’s license to do business in the State.
MD. Alcoholic Beverages Code Ann. §  5-110 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Alcoholic Beverages|Division I - General Provisions Affecting Multiple Jurisdictions|Title 5 - General Beer Regulation|Subtitle 1 - Beer Franchise Fair Dealing Act|Section 5-110 - Action for Violation of Subtitle

    (a)    (1)    A beer distributor or franchisee may bring an action in a court of general jurisdiction to recover damages against a beer manufacturer, franchisor, or franchisee for violation of this subtitle.        (2)    If appropriate, the beer distributor or franchisee is entitled to injunctive relief.    (b)    In an action for violation of this subtitle, the prevailing beer distributor or franchisee is entitled to the costs of the action including reasonable attorney’s fees.
MD. Alcoholic Beverages Code Ann. §  5-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Alcoholic Beverages|Division I - General Provisions Affecting Multiple Jurisdictions|Title 5 - General Beer Regulation|Subtitle 3 - Other Beer Regulation|Section 5-301 - Information on Alcohol Content Required

    (a)    A person who supplies or sells beer to a wholesaler for resale to retail dealers shall provide to the wholesaler written information stating the approximate percentage of alcohol content by volume per sealed package or sealed container for each brand of beer supplied or sold to the wholesaler.    (b)    A beer wholesaler shall provide to each beer retail dealer with whom it does business the written information it receives under subsection (a) of this section regarding the beer supplied to the retail dealer.    (c)    The penalty provisions of § 6–402 of this article do not apply to a violation of this section.
MD. Alcoholic Beverages Code Ann. §  5-302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Alcoholic Beverages|Division I - General Provisions Affecting Multiple Jurisdictions|Title 5 - General Beer Regulation|Subtitle 3 - Other Beer Regulation|Section 5-302 - Size of Containers

    A person may not be prohibited from selling or delivering to wholesalers or retail dealers within the State beer in the following container sizes:        (1)    6.33, 7, 8, 10, 11, 11.39, 11.5, 12, 16, 24, 25, 32, or 40 ounces;        (2)    740 milliliters;        (3)    1, 2.25, 3.875, 5.167, 7.75, 13.209, 13.5, 15, or 15.5 gallons; and        (4)    5, 50, or 51 liters.
MD. Alcoholic Beverages Code Ann. §  5-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Alcoholic Beverages|Division I - General Provisions Affecting Multiple Jurisdictions|Title 5 - General Beer Regulation|Subtitle 3 - Other Beer Regulation|Section 5-303 - Keg Registration

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Keg” means a container of beer with a capacity of at least 4 gallons, which is designed to dispense beer directly from the container.        (3)    “Keg license holder” means a person who holds a license that authorizes the person to sell beer in kegs at retail.    (b)    A keg license holder may not sell or otherwise transfer, or offer to sell or otherwise transfer, the contents of a keg for off–premises consumption unless:        (1)    the keg license holder provides to the purchaser a keg registration form approved and distributed by the Comptroller that is designed to be affixed to the keg and that indicates the name and address of the licensed establishment and a registration number;        (2)    except as provided in § 26–103 of this article, the purchaser provides identification and completes and signs a registration form with the following information:            (i)    the purchaser’s name and address as shown on the identification produced; and            (ii)    the date of purchase; and        (3)    the keg license holder affixes the completed registration form to the keg and retains a copy of the form for 30 days on the licensed premises.    (c)    (1)    On return of a registered keg from the purchaser, the keg license holder shall remove or obliterate the keg registration form affixed to the keg and note the removal and the date of the removal on the copy of the keg registration form retained by the keg license holder at the licensed premises.        (2)    (i)    If a keg is made of disposable packaging that does not have to be returned to the keg license holder, the keg license holder shall indicate on the keg registration form that the keg is disposable.            (ii)    Disposal of empty kegs made of disposable packaging does not constitute obliteration of the keg registration form.    (d)    Each local licensing board shall adopt regulations to carry out this section.    (e)    A keg license holder may charge a keg registration fee to a purchaser.    (f)    (1)    A keg license holder who violates this section is subject to a fine not exceeding $100 or a suspension or revocation of the license, or both a fine and suspension or revocation.        (2)    The existence of a completed registration form signed by the purchaser creates a presumption that the keg license holder has complied with the requirements of this section.
MD. Alcoholic Beverages Code Ann. §  6-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Alcoholic Beverages|Division I - General Provisions Affecting Multiple Jurisdictions|Title 6 - Forfeitures; Enforcement; Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Subtitle 1 - Forfeitures|Section 6-101 - Seizure of Contraband

    (a)    Alcoholic beverages and other contraband kept, possessed, used, sold, manufactured, stored, or transported in violation of this article:        (1)    are subject to seizure and forfeiture; and        (2)    when seized, may be recovered or disposed of only as provided in this subtitle.    (b)    Property is forfeited if it:        (1)    was seized as contraband in the possession or control of a defendant who is found guilty of violating this article; or        (2)    is otherwise found to be contraband or in violation of this article.    (c)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, property is forfeited if it:            (i)    is seized as contraband and remains unclaimed for 30 days after seizure; and            (ii)    has not been destroyed in accordance with this subtitle.        (2)    (i)    A vehicle, a vessel, or an aircraft that is seized as contraband is forfeited unless a protest is filed within 30 days after the publication under subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph.            (ii)    The Comptroller or the Commission, as appropriate:                1.    if possible, shall notify the registered owner of the property of the seizure; and                2.    shall publish a notice:                A.    in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the vehicle, vessel, or aircraft was seized; and                B.    informing interested persons of the seizure and the right to file a protest.
MD. Alcoholic Beverages Code Ann. §  6-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Alcoholic Beverages|Division I - General Provisions Affecting Multiple Jurisdictions|Title 6 - Forfeitures; Enforcement; Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Subtitle 1 - Forfeitures|Section 6-102 - Equipment for Unlawful Manufacture as Contraband

    Apparatus, materials, equipment, implements, devices, and other personal property designed, used, or intended to be used to violate a provision of this article relating to the unlawful manufacture of alcoholic beverages:        (1)    are contraband; and        (2)    may be seized and forfeited in accordance with this subtitle.
MD. Alcoholic Beverages Code Ann. §  6-103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Alcoholic Beverages|Division I - General Provisions Affecting Multiple Jurisdictions|Title 6 - Forfeitures; Enforcement; Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Subtitle 1 - Forfeitures|Section 6-103 - Vehicles, Vessels, and Aircraft as Contraband

    A vehicle, a vessel, or an aircraft used with the express or implied knowledge or consent of its owner to violate a provision of this article relating to the unlawful manufacture of alcoholic beverages or to transport, store, or hide unlawful alcoholic beverages:        (1)    is contraband; and        (2)    may be seized by:            (i)    the Comptroller or the Comptroller’s authorized enforcement officers; or            (ii)    the Commission or the Commission’s authorized enforcement officers; and        (3)    may be forfeited in accordance with this subtitle.
MD. Alcoholic Beverages Code Ann. §  6-104 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Alcoholic Beverages|Division I - General Provisions Affecting Multiple Jurisdictions|Title 6 - Forfeitures; Enforcement; Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Subtitle 1 - Forfeitures|Section 6-104 - Protest of Seizure

    A lienholder, or other person showing a legal right, title, or interest in seized property not destroyed in accordance with this subtitle, may file a protest with the Comptroller:        (1)    within 30 days after seizure of the property; or        (2)    if the seized property is a vehicle, a vessel, or an aircraft, within 30 days after the publication of notice required under § 6–101(c) of this subtitle.
MD. Alcoholic Beverages Code Ann. §  6-105 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Alcoholic Beverages|Division I - General Provisions Affecting Multiple Jurisdictions|Title 6 - Forfeitures; Enforcement; Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Subtitle 1 - Forfeitures|Section 6-105 - Determination of Forfeiture When Protest Is Filed

    (a)    When a protest is filed, the circuit court for the county in which the property was seized shall conduct an in rem proceeding to determine whether the property is subject to forfeiture.    (b)    (1)    If the court determines that the property is subject to forfeiture, the court shall determine whether any lienholder filing a timely protest had knowledge of the intended unlawful use.        (2)    If the court determines that a lienholder had knowledge, the lienholder’s right, title, and interest to the property is forfeited.        (3)    If the court does not determine that a lienholder had knowledge, but the property is otherwise subject to forfeiture:            (i)    the property shall be forfeited; and            (ii)    the Comptroller or the Executive Director of the Commission, as the Comptroller or Executive Director, as appropriate, considers in the best interest of the State, may:                1.    pay the outstanding indebtedness secured by the lien and keep the property; or                2.    deliver the property to the lienholder.