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<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>
