§ 2-203. Rectifying license

   (a) In general. -- A Class 2 manufacturer's license:

   (1) Is a rectifying license;

   (2) Authorizes the holder to:

      (i) Establish and operate in this State a plant for rectifying, blending and bottling alcoholic beverages; and

      (ii) Sell and deliver alcoholic beverages to a holder of a distillery, rectifying, or wholesaler's license, or to permit holders authorized to acquire those alcoholic beverages and to persons outside this State;

   (3) Authorizes the holder to acquire alcoholic beverages from the holder of a:

      (i) Distillery, rectifying, winery, or wholesaler's license in this State; or

      (ii) Nonresident dealer's permit;

   (4) Authorizes the holder to rectify, blend, bottle and store alcoholic beverages for another person or under another trade name if a rectifying license has been issued in the name of that person or under that trade name, as the case may be; and

   (5) Authorizes the holder to:

      (i) Conduct guided tours of the licensed premises; and

      (ii) Serve not more than three samples of products manufactured at the licensed premises, with each sample consisting of not more than one-half ounce from a single product, to persons who have attained the legal drinking age and participated in a guided tour of the licensed premises.

(b) Restrictions on license; caterer of food. -- A holder of a Class 2 manufacturer's (rectifying) license or entity in which a holder has a pecuniary interest may not act as a caterer of food.

(c) Permitted activities. -- Subject to subsection (d) of this section, a license holder may conduct the activities specified in subsection (a)(5) of this section:

   (1) For consumption off the licensed premises of products manufactured at the licensed premises and for sampling, each day from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and

   (2) For consumption on the licensed premises of products manufactured at the licensed premises:

      (i) From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day; or

      (ii) If guests are attending a planned promotional event or other organized activity on the licensed premises, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day.

(d) Days of operation. --

   (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a Class 2 manufacturer's (rectifying) license allows the holder to operate 7 days a week.

   (2) In Garrett County, a license holder may open on Sundays to engage in the activities listed in subsection (a)(5) of this section only in an election district where the voters, in a referendum authorized by law, have approved Sunday sales at a rectifying facility.

(e) Notice of planned promotional event. -- At least 14 days before holding a planned promotional event after 6 p.m., a license holder shall file a notice of the promotional event with the Comptroller on the form that the Comptroller provides.

(f) Products to be sold or consumed. --

   (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a license holder may not sell or allow to be consumed at the licensed premises any product other than products produced by the license holder under the authority of this section.

   (2) A holder of a caterer's license or privilege under Title 6, Subtitle 7 of this article may exercise the privileges of the license or privilege on the licensed premises of the license holder.

(g) Applicability of provisions of Title 21 of the Health - General Article. -- Nothing in this section limits the application of relevant provisions of Title 21 of the Health - General Article, and regulations adopted under that title, to a license holder.

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; 1997, ch. 417; 2012, chs. 636, 637.