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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="19-903" title_number="19" title_name="Dorchester 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">
    <text>The Board may issue the license for use by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a yacht club and country and golf club that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>has been incorporated for at least 5 years before filing the application for the license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has at least 250 members paying dues of at least $10 per year per adult member;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>has facilities for preparing and serving food on the premises to members and guests when accompanied by members; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>owns or operates a clubhouse that is on the premises and principally used for its members and guests;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a local unit of a nationwide nonprofit organization or club composed only of members who served in the armed forces of the United States in a war in which the United States has been engaged that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>has a charter from a national veterans’ organization that was granted at least 5 years before the application for the license was made;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has at least 50 members paying dues of at least $5 per year per member;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>operates only for the use of its members and guests when accompanied by members; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>meets in a clubhouse principally used for its members and guests;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a lodge or chapter of a nonprofit and nationwide fraternal organization that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is composed of inducted members;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has been operating in the county for at least 5 years before the application for the license was made;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>has at least 125 members paying dues of at least $5 per year per member; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>owns or operates a home or clubhouse principally for the use of its members and guests when accompanied by members; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a nonprofit organization operating on the premises located at 200 Byrn Street, Cambridge, known as Governors Hall at Sailwinds Park, so long as an individual or group of individuals does not derive personal profits from the operation of the organization.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor at a club at the place described in the license, for on–premises consumption.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>When alcoholic beverages are served at an event open to the public at Governors Hall at Sailwinds Park, the license holder:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may distribute a wristband at the event to each individual who is at least 21 years old; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if wristbands are distributed at the event, may not serve an alcoholic beverage to an individual who is not wearing a wristband.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The annual license fee is $1,000.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board shall remit the license fee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>if the licensed premises is in a municipality, to the governing body of the municipality; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the licensed premises is not in a municipality, to the Finance Department of the county.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
