§ 2-201. Classes and fees; additional licenses

   (a) Fees. -- The annual fees for manufacturer's licenses are as follows:

   Class 1     Distillery                                               $ 2,000

   Class 2     Rectifying                                                   600

   Class 3     Winery                                                       750

   Class 4     Limited Winery                                               200

   Class 5     Brewery                                                    1,500

   Class 6     Pub-Brewery                                                  500

   Class 7     Micro-Brewery                                                500

   Class 8     Farm Brewery                                                 200



(b) Additional licenses. --

   (1) This subsection does not apply to a Class 6 pub-brewery license.

   (2) The holder of a distillery, rectifying, winery, limited winery, or brewery license may apply for and obtain, under a different name, one or more additional distillery, rectifying, winery, limited winery, or brewery licenses for the same or another premises.

   (3) Those licenses may be issued to different persons or under trade names used by persons occupying a part of or all of the same premises.

   (4) A holder of a license listed in paragraph (2) of this subsection may hold additional licenses listed in paragraph (2) of this subsection of the same or of a different class.

   (5) (i) The holder of a rectifying or winery license may apply for and obtain a wholesaler's license of any class for the same premises or elsewhere as provided under this article.

      (ii) The holder of a limited winery license may apply for and obtain a Class 6 limited wine wholesaler's license for the same premises or elsewhere as provided under this article.

      (iii) 1. The holder of a Class 5 manufacturer's license or Class 7 micro-brewery license may apply for and obtain a Class 7 limited beer wholesaler's license in accordance with this subparagraph.

         2. A holder of a Class 5 manufacturer's license that was selling the holder's own beer at wholesale in the State as of January 1, 2013, may obtain a Class 7 limited beer wholesaler's license to continue to sell the holder's own beer at wholesale in the same location in an amount that is not more than 3,000 barrels annually.

         3. A holder of a Class 5 manufacturer's license or Class 7 micro-brewery license that produces in aggregate from all its locations not more than 22,500 barrels of beer annually may obtain a Class 7 limited beer wholesaler's license and distribute not more than 3,000 barrels of its own beer annually.

HISTORY: An. Code, 1951, § 5; 1947, ch. 501, § 4; 1951, ch. 276, § 4; 1973, ch. 593; 1976, ch. 890; 1978, ch. 489; 1988, ch. 38, § 1; ch. 739, § 1; 1989, ch. 5, § 15; chs. 453, 475; 1990, ch. 286; 1991, chs. 326, 382; 1992, chs. 314, 322, 632; 1992, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 1, § 5; 1993, ch. 4, § 3; ch. 5, § 2; chs. 159, 594; 1994, ch. 3, § 2; 1996, ch. 9; 2006, ch. 111, § 2; 2010, ch. 355; 2012, chs. 385, 542, 543; 2013, ch. 207.