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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="32-903" title_number="32" title_name="Wicomico 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 beer, wine, and liquor license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a 7–day Class C beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may issue the license for use by a nonprofit fraternal, social, or veterans’ club that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>has been incorporated for at least 5 years immediately before the application for the license is made;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is in a clubhouse or premises that is used principally for club purposes;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>during the year immediately before the filing of the application:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>except as provided in item (ii) of this item, has at least 100 dues–paying members; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the club is composed only of members who served in the armed forces of the United States, has at least 50 dues–paying members; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>has facilities for preparing and serving food on the premises to members and guests.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor at a club at the place described in the license for on–premises consumption.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A license holder shall purchase alcoholic beverages for retail sale, except beer and wine, from the Liquor Control Board or from a wholesaler.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The annual license fees for a 6–day license, depending on the size of the dues–paying membership of the club, are:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$275, for a membership of 50 to 399;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$550, for a membership of 400 to 599; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>$825, for a membership of at least 600.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The annual license fees for a 7–day license, depending on the size of the dues–paying membership of the club, are:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$400, for a membership of 50 to 399;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$675, for a membership of 400 to 599; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>$950, for a membership of at least 600.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A license fee shall be established on the maximum number of dues–paying members during the calendar year immediately before the filing of the application for the license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
