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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="33-903" title_number="33" title_name="Worcester County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There are:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a Class C (fishing club) beer, wine, and liquor license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a Class C (fraternal/sororal/service organization) beer, wine, and liquor license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a Class C (golf, tennis, or swimming club) beer, wine, and liquor license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a Class C (veterans’ organization or club) beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section does not apply to a “bring your own bottle” social function at which alcoholic beverages are provided only by the participants or guests.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If such a social function is held in a facility open to the public, the function shall be held during the hours of operation allowed under a Class C license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may issue the fishing club license for use by a club that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is organized to promote the sport of fishing;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>owns its own building;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>has been in existence for at least 5 years before the application for the license is made;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>has at least 25 members paying dues of at least $25 per year per adult member;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>operates only for the use of its members and guests when accompanied by members; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>meets in a clubhouse principally used for its members and guests.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may issue the fraternal/sororal/service organization license for use by a lodge or chapter of a nationwide nonprofit fraternal, sororal, or service organization that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is composed of inducted members;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>was operating in the county for at least 5 years before the application for the license was made;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>has at least 40 members paying dues of at least $5 per year per member; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>owns or operates a home or clubhouse principally used for members and guests when accompanied by members.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Board may issue the golf, tennis, or swimming club license for use by a country club, not including a miniature golf course, that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>has been incorporated for at least 1 year before the application for the license was made;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has at least 100 members paying dues of at least $10 per year per adult member;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>has facilities for preparing and serving food on the premises to members and guests when accompanied by members; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>owns or operates on the premises a clubhouse principally used for its members and guests.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Board may issue the veterans’ organization or club license for use by a local unit of a nationwide nonprofit organization or club that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is composed only of members who served in the armed forces of the United States in a war in which the United States has been engaged;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has held a charter from a national veterans’ organization for at least 5 years before the application for the license is made;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>has at least 15 members paying dues of at least $5 per year per member;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>operates only for the use of its members and guests when accompanied by members; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>meets in a clubhouse principally used for its members and guests.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <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="e">
    <text>To qualify for a 7–day license, a club shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>have an enclosed dining area that has a seating capacity for at least 60 individuals; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>serve full–course meals from menus at least twice daily.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A club or organization that is issued a Class C license may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>serve, sell, provide, or dispense alcoholic beverages to its members or guests;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>keep alcoholic beverages for its members or guests;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>allow on–premises consumption by its members or guests of any alcoholic beverages that have been reserved or purchased from the club by its members or guests;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>from the supplies that its members or guests have previously purchased or reserved, serve or provide alcoholic beverages or allow alcoholic beverages to be consumed by members or guests after legal closing hours; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>sell, dispense, serve, keep, or allow to be consumed any setups or other component parts of mixed alcoholic drinks to its members or guests.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The annual license fees:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for a 6–day license is $500; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for a 7–day license is $750.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
