| Bill Information | |
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| MC 11-14 | Alcoholic Beverages – Montgomery County – Beer Festivals |
| Sponsor | Chair on behalf of Montgomery County Government |
| Synopsis | For the purpose of authorizing Montgomery County to conduct a beer festival not more than a certain number of times each year under the supervision of the Montgomery County Department of Liquor Control; requiring the county, in selecting a nonprofit festival organization to organize the beer festival, to ensure that the organization has certain experience; specifying that the festival organization select the weekends during which the festival will be conducted; authorizing a festival organization to contract with holders of certain current alcoholic beverages licenses to sell and display beer at the festival; specifying that on the days and for the hours designated for the beer festival, beer may be displayed and sold at retail under certain conditions; requiring a festival organization to choose the festival location and ensure that the primary focus of the festival is the promotion of Maryland beer; requiring that a person hold a special beer festival license and contract with the festival organization before selling, offering for sale, or displaying beer at a festival; authorizing the Montgomery County Board of License Commissioners to issue a special beer festival license; establishing a license fee; allowing certain persons to hold a special beer festival license in addition to another license; providing for certain penalties; requiring certain license fees to be deposited into the general fund of the county; requiring the Montgomery County Board of License Commissioners to adopt certain regulations; defining certain terms; and generally relating to beer festivals in Montgomery County. |
| Bill Text | Read bill in pdf here |
| House Bill Number | HB 136 / SB 298 |
| Bill History | |
| Local Action House: | 12/2/13 - Montgomery County House Delegation Local Bill Hearing - 3rd Floor Hearing Room, Stella Werner Council Office Building, Rockville 7:00 p.m. |
| 12/2/13 - Assigned to the County Affairs Committee | |
| 12/9/13 - County Affairs Committee Meeting - AGENDA - Favorable (6-0) - Voting list | |
| 1/17/14 - Montgomery County House Delegation Meeting - AGENDA - Favorable with amendments (20-0) Voting list - amendment Voting list - bill Bill moves to Montgomery County Senate Delegation & House Economic Matters Committee |
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| Local Action Senate: | 2/11/14 - Montgomery County Senate Delegation Meeting - AGENDA - Favorable as amended (6-0) - Voting lists |
| HB 136: | 1/13/14 - First Reading Economic Matters Committee |
| 2/17/14 - Public Hearing - Economic Matters Committee - 1:00 p.m. | |
| 3/7/14 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters | |
3/10/14 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted Second Reading Passed |
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| 3/11/14 - Third Reading Passed (134-2) | |
| 3/12/14 - First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee | |
| 3/28/14 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee | |
3/28/14 - Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed |
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| 3/31/14 - Third Reading Passed (46-0) | |
| 4/1/14 - Returned Passed | |
| SB 298: | 1/17/14 - First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| 2/21/14 - Public Hearing - Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee - 1:00 p.m. | |
| 3/4/14 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee | |
3/5/14 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted Second Reading Passed |
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| 3/7/14 - Third Reading Passed (47-0) | |
| 3/7/14 - First Reading Economic Matters | |
| 3/27/14 - Favorable Report by Economic Matters Committee | |
3/27/14 - Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed |
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| 3/28/14 - Third Reading Passed (132-2) | |
| 3/31/14 - Returned Passed | |
| Action After Passage: | 5/5/14 - Approved by the Governor Chapter 386 |
