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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="27-603" title_number="27" title_name="Queen Anne's 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 paragraphs (2) and (3) 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 to a local unit of a nationwide nonprofit organization or club that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is composed solely of members who served in the armed forces of the United States in a war in which the United States has engaged;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has a charter from a national veterans’ organization before applying for the license; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>operates only for the use of its members and their guests, when the guests are accompanied by members.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A license may be issued to a yacht club, golf club, fraternal club or order, country club, or social or recreational club that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is not operated for profit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for 1 year immediately preceding the year for which the license is issued, has had at least 50 adult members who paid annual dues of at least $25;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>owns or operates a clubhouse that has, or meeting rooms that have, facilities for preparing and serving food on the premises;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>is principally used for members and their guests, when the guests are accompanied by members; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>is not directly or indirectly owned or operated as a public business.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The annual license fee is $50.</text>
  </level>
</section>
