§ 8-310. Howard County

   (a) License authorized. -- The Howard County Board of License Commissioners may issue a special wine festival (WF) license.

(b) Requirements. -- Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, an applicant for a special WF license shall be a holder of an existing retail alcoholic beverages license issued in the State and authorized under the license to sell wine, State Class 3 winery license, or State Class 4 winery license issued pursuant to this article.

(c) Restrictions on wines to be displayed and sold. -- A special WF licensee shall only display and sell wine that is produced and processed in Maryland.

(d) Scope of license. -- A special WF license entitles the holder to display and sell at retail wine for consumption on or off the licensed premises on the days and for the hours designated for the wine festival in Howard County.

(e) Fee. -- The license fee is $ 15.

(f) Time and location of festival. -- The Howard County Board of License Commissioners:

   (1) Except for the dates chosen for the Cumberland and Shenandoah Valley Wine Festival in Washington County, the Maryland Wine Festival in Carroll County, the Baltimore County Wine Festival, and the Anne Arundel County Beer and Wine Festival, shall approve one weekend annually for the wine festival; and

   (2) Shall approve a location in Howard County for this festival which does not hold an alcoholic beverages license.

(g) Regulations. -- The Howard County Board of License Commissioners shall adopt regulations for implementing this section.

HISTORY: 1989, ch. 5, § 15; 1991, ch. 539; 1995, ch. 3, § 1; 1996, ch. 10, § 1; ch. 359, § 1; 1997, ch. 724, § 1; 1999, ch. 87, § 1.