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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="22-907" title_number="22" title_name="Harford County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a 6–day Class C–1 (organization or club) beer, wine, and liquor license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a 7–day Class C–1 (organization or club) beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may issue the 6–day license or the 7–day license for use by a war veterans’ organization that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is a nationally chartered nonprofit organization or club;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>has been incorporated for at least 5 years immediately preceding filing of the application for the license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>is 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;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>operates only for the use of members of the war veterans’ organization and guests accompanied by members; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>meets in a clubhouse that is principally used for club purposes.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The 6–day license authorizes the license holder to sell or provide beer, wine, and liquor from Monday through Saturday at a club at the place described in the license, for on–premises consumption by members and guests.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The 7–day license authorizes the license holder to sell or provide beer, wine, and liquor from Monday through Sunday at a club at the place described in the license, for on–premises consumption by members and guests.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The 6–day license and the 7–day license authorize the license holder to sell or provide beer, wine, and liquor for on–premises consumption by:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>nonmembers of the club that have rented or leased an area of the licensed premises for entertainment, a conference, or a social event; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>guests who attend the event.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The license holder shall:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>contract to provide food for consumption at the event described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>ensure that food will be available for consumption at the event described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>This paragraph does not prohibit a club from obtaining a Class C per diem license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor during the hours and days as set out under § 22–2004(f) of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The annual fees for the 6–day license, depending on the size of the membership of the war veterans’ organization, are:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$350, for a membership of 50 to 99;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$600, for a membership of 100 to 250;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>$850, for a membership of 251 to 450; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>$1,000, for a membership of at least 451.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The annual fees for the 7–day license, depending on the size of the membership of the war veterans’ organization, are:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$450, for a membership of 50 to 99;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$700, for a membership of 100 to 250;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>$950, for a membership of 251 to 450; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>$1,100, for a membership of at least 451.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
