Maryland Criminal Law Section 13-1901

      (a)      In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

      (b)      "Benefit performance" includes an outdoor carnival, indoor carnival, fair, picnic, dance, card party, bingo party, bazaar, concert, contest, exhibition, lecture, barbecue, or dinner.

      (c)      (1)      "Qualified organization" means an organization of a group of citizens of the county or a company, association, or corporation that is organized in good faith in the county to promote the purposes of a volunteer fire department or of a charitable, benevolent, patriotic, fraternal, educational, religious, or civic object.

            (2)      "Qualified organization" does not include a group organized for the private profit or gain of any member of the group, company, association, or corporation.