PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 453

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

6-301.

(m) (1) (I) This subsection applies only in Garrett County.

(II) IN THIS SUBSECTION, "GUEST' MEANS:

1. AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS SPECIFICALLY INVITED BY A
MEMBER OF A CLUB OR ORGANIZATION; OR

2. ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL WHO IS IN EFFECT AN INVITEE
OF THE CLUB OR ORGANIZATION WHERE THE MEMBER OF THE CLUB OR
ORGANIZATION IS IN ATTENDANCE.

(2) (i) There is a club and organization license.

(ii) 1. The annual license fee is $1,500.

2. The issuing fee for a new license is $1,500, in addition to the
annual fee.

(iii) The license permits the sale on the premises only of beer, wine,
and liquor to the members and the guests of the clubs and organizations.

(iv) The license shall be issued only to the following clubs and
organizations:

1.       A bona fide nationally chartered nonprofit organization or
club which has been incorporated for a period of not fewer than 5 years immediately prior
to the filing of the application, composed solely of members who served in the armed
forces of the United States in any war in which the United States has engaged, which
organization or club operates solely for the use of its own members and its guests [when
accompanied by such members,] and meets in a clubhouse principally used for a club[,
and is neither directly nor indirectly operated as a public business].

2.       Any lodge or chapter of a bona fide nonprofit and nationally
chartered fraternal organization composed of members duly elected and initiated in
accordance with the rites and customs of the fraternal organizations which is operating a
home or clubhouse for the use of its members[, and is neither directly nor indirectly
operated as a public business]. The club or organization shall have 100 or more bona fide
members paying such dues as required by its national organization in the year
immediately preceding the year in which the license is issued. The home or clubhouse
shall have facilities for preparing and serving food on the premises to the members and
their guests.

3.       A bona fide yacht or boat club, owning real estate in the
County and having a dues-paying membership of not less than 150 persons, not less than
50 of whom own yachts, boats, or other vessels.

4.       A country club which has 75 or more bona fide members
paying dues of not less than $40 per annum per member, which maintains at the time of

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