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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-1009" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Licenses for Specific Types of Organizations and Venues">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Class C (veterans’ organization) license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board shall issue the license for use by a local unit of a nationwide nonprofit organization or club that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is composed only of members who served in the uniformed services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>has a charter from a national veterans’ organization that was granted before the application for the license was made;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>has a bona fide membership of at least 100 individuals and dues of at least $5 per year per individual; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>operates for its members and meets in a clubhouse principally used for its members.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail at the place described in the license for on–premises consumption, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>during an event held on the licensed premises; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>to a member of the veterans’ organization or a guest of the member.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the license holder hosts an event for an outside group, the outside group shall obtain a Class C per diem beer, wine, and liquor license from the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor during the hours and days as set out for a Class C (veterans’ organization) license under § 11–2004 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A holder of a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license issued under § 11–903 of this title that qualifies as a veterans’ organization under subsection (b) of this section may apply to convert the license to a Class C (veterans’ organization) license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The conversion to and issuance of a Class C (veterans’ organization) license under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be considered a license renewal and not an issuance of a new license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The annual license fee is $300.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may provide application and administrative fee discounts to an organization that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>qualifies as a veterans’ organization under subsection (b) of this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>holds a Class C (veterans’ organization) license;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>applies for an initial or renewal Class C (veterans’ organization) license; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>holds a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license that is converted to a Class C (veterans’ organization) license under subsection (e) of this section.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
