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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="15-903" title_number="15" title_name="Caroline County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may issue the license for use by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a nonprofit country club;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a nonprofit yacht club; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a veterans’ organization composed only of members.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The club or organization shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>operate only for the use of its members and guests accompanied by members;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>meet in a clubhouse that is used exclusively for its members and guests; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>have at least 100 members paying the dues that were required in the year immediately before the year for which the license is issued; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>for organizations affiliated with a national organization and composed exclusively of members who serve in the armed forces of the United States, have at least 50 members paying the dues that were required by the national organization in the year immediately before the year for which the license is issued.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail at a club at the place described in the license, for on–premises consumption.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The annual license fee is $1,000.</text>
  </level>
</section>
