(a) In this section, "Festival" means the Charles County Beer and Wine Festival. (b) There is a Charles County Beer and Wine Festival (CBWF) license. (c) The Board may issue the license to a holder of a retail license, Class 3 winery license, or Class 4 limited winery license. (d) 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; and (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. (e) A license holder may 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. (f) (1) Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, the Board may choose 1 weekend, Friday through Sunday inclusive, each year for the Festival. (2) The Board shall: (i) choose a location that is not licensed; and (ii) ensure that the primary focus of the Festival is the promotion of Maryland beer and wine. (3) The weekend chosen for the Festival may not: (i) be within 14 days before or after the dates selected for the Maryland Wine Festival in Carroll County; or (ii) conflict with the dates selected for the: 1. Anne Arundel County Beer and Wine Festival; 2. Baltimore County Wine Festival; 3. Calvert County Wine Festival; 4. Harford County Wine Festival; 5. Howard County Wine Festival; 6. Queen Anne's County Beer and Wine Festival; 7. Maryland Wine Festival in Somerset County; 8. Cumberland and Shenandoah Valley Wine Festival in Washington County; or 9. Worcester County Beer and Wine Festival. (g) The license holder may hold another license of a different class or nature. (h) 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. (i) 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 festival license; and (2) accept returns not later than 2 days after the expiration date of the festival license. (j) The Board may set the license fee. (k) The Board shall adopt regulations to carry out this section.
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