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<subtitle article="gab" title_number="23" subtitle_number="6" title_name="Howard County" subtitle_name="Beer Licenses">
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="23-601" title_number="23" title_name="Howard County" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Beer Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class A beer license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer at retail to consumers at the place described in the license.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The license holder shall sell the beer in a sealed package or container.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>The package or container may not be opened and its contents may not be consumed on the premises where the beer was sold.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The annual license fee is $150.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="23-602" title_number="23" title_name="Howard County" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Beer Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class B beer license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer at retail at a hotel or restaurant at the place described in the license for on– and off–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The annual license fee is $150.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="23-603" title_number="23" title_name="Howard County" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Beer Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class C beer license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the license authorizes the license holder to sell beer at retail to members of a club and their guests at the place described in the license for on–premises consumption.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>A license may be issued only to a club:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>that is composed exclusively of members who served in the armed forces of the United States;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>that is affiliated with a national organization;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>that has at least 75 members who paid dues as required by its national organization in the year immediately preceding the year for which the license is issued;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iv">
          <text>with at least 75% of its membership consisting of individuals who have resided in the county for at least 2 years immediately preceding the date of the application for the license; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="v">
          <text>that has maintained a post in the county for at least 3 years immediately preceding the date of the application.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The annual license fee is $25.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="23-604" title_number="23" title_name="Howard County" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Beer Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class D beer license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the license authorizes the license holder to sell beer at retail at the place described in the license for on– and off–premises consumption.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>A license may not be issued for a drugstore.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The annual license fee is $150.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>