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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="25-1007" title_number="25" title_name="Montgomery County" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Licenses for Specific Types of Organizations and Venues">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a country club license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The application shall be signed by at least one officer of the club who is a resident, registered voter, or taxpayer of the county.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board may issue the license for use by a country club:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>that has at least 100 members;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>whose members pay an annual total amount of dues that averages at least $50 per member; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>that maintains at the time of the license application a regular or championship golf course of at least nine holes.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor purchased from the Alcohol Beverage Services for on–premises consumption by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a country club member;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a member of the immediate family of a country club member;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>an individual residing temporarily in the clubhouse of the country club; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a guest of a country club member, including an individual who attends a recognized national or regional athletic event held on the premises of the license holder if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the license holder has applied to the Board to sell alcoholic beverages to individuals attending the event;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the application has been made at least 60 days before the date that the event is to take place; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the Board has approved the application.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor during the hours and days as set out for a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license under § 25–2005 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>An employee of a country club for which a license has been issued may not have a guest at the country club to consume alcoholic beverages during the employee’s normal working hours.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The annual license fee is $2,000.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>There is a country club off–sale permit.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may issue the permit only to a holder of a country club license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A holder of the permit may sell wine by the bottle for off–premises consumption only:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>at a wine tasting event that is held on the premises for which the holder’s country club license is issued;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>to an individual specified in subsection (d) of this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>during the hours and days the license holder is authorized to sell beer, wine, and liquor under subsection (e) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A holder of the permit shall notify the Board in writing on a form provided by the Board at least 14 days before each tasting event.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A holder of the permit may not hold more than:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>twelve tasting events in a calendar year; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>two tasting events in a single month.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The Board may set a fee for the permit in addition to the annual fee for the country club license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
