Maryland Alcoholic Beverages Section 15-204

Article - Alcoholic Beverages

§ 15-204.

      (a)      Except as otherwise provided in this section, the liquor control board in each county shall have an absolute monopoly of the sale and distribution of the particular alcoholic beverages which elsewhere in this subtitle it is empowered to sell.

      (b)      Provided, that in Montgomery County no person, firm, or corporation shall keep for sale any alcoholic beverage not purchased from the Department of Liquor Control for Montgomery County, provided, however, that nothing in this subsection shall apply to holders of Class F licenses, to the holder of a wholesaler's license or a beer wholesaler's license who shall not sell or deliver any alcoholic beverage in Montgomery County for resale except to a county liquor dispensary.

      (c)      This section does not apply to the sale and distribution of light wine in Somerset County.

      (d)      In Wicomico County, the county dispensaries shall make wholesale sales of all liquors at a markup of not more than 15 percent above the operating cost to the dispensary to any licensee of a Class A, B, or C beer, wine and liquor license.



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