Ch. 496                             MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                1109

Approved May 21, 1973.

CHAPTER 496
(Senate Bill 1202)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 20(c) of Article 2B of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume), title "Alcoholic
Beverages," subtitle "Beer, Wine and Liquor Licenses," to allow the Anne
Arundel County Board of License Commissioners to grant Class C licenses to
certain organizations and clubs and charge specified fees therefor.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 20(c) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "Beer,
Wine and Liquor Licenses," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

20.

(c) In Anne Arundel County the annual license fee therefor shall be four
hundred dollars ($400.00).

(I)    IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY SUCH A LICENSE SHALL BE
ISSUED TO ANY LOCAL UNIT OF A NATIONWIDE BONA FIDE
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION OR CLUB COMPOSED SOLELY OF
MEMBERS WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
STATES IN ANY WAR IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES HAS
ENGAGED, HAVING A CHARTER FROM A NATIONAL VETERANS'
ORGANIZATION PRIOR TO THE TIME OF MAKING APPLICATION
FOR SUCH A LICENSE, HAVING A BONA FIDE MEMBERSHIP OF NOT
LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED (100) PERSONS AND DUES OF NOT LESS
THAN FIVE DOLLARS ($5.00) PER ANNUM PER PERSON, WHICH
ORGANIZATION OR CLUB OPERATES SOLELY FOR SUCH MEMBERS,
AND MEETS IN A CLUBHOUSE PRINCIPALLY USED FOR NO OTHER
PURPOSE; THE FEE FOR SUCH A LICENSE SHALL BE FOUR
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($400.00) ANNUALLY. SUCH A LICENSE SHALL
BE SUBJECT TO ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE
RELATING TO BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR LICENSES, CLASS C, IN
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.

(II)     IN ADDITION, A SPECIAL CLASS C LICENSE SHALL BE
ISSUED TO ANY LOCAL UNIT OF A LODGE, POLITICAL
ORGANIZATION OR CHAPTER OF ANY BONA FIDE NON-PROFIT
AND NATIONWIDE FRATERNAL OR SERVICE ORGANIZATION
COMPOSED SOLELY OF MEMBERS DULY ELECTED AND INITIATED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RITES AND CUSTOMS OF SUCH
FRATERNAL OR SERVICE ORGANIZATION, IN EXISTENCE AND
OPERATION IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PRIOR TO THE TIME OF
MAKING APPLICATION FOR SUCH A LICENSE, AND HAVING BONA
FIDE MEMBERSHIP OF NOT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED (100)
PERSONS AND DUES OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE DOLLARS ($5.00) PER
ANNUM PER PERSON, AND OWNING OR OPERATING A HOME OR
CLUBHOUSE PRINCIPALLY FOR THE USE OF ITS MEMBERS AND
THEIR GUESTS WHEN ACCOMPANIED BY SUCH MEMBERS, AND