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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="18-1404" title_number="18" title_name="Charles County" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Applications for Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an applicant for a new license for a corporation or limited liability company shall certify to the Board that the applicant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is an officer of the corporation or limited liability company;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>meets any other qualification for licensing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>owns at least a 20% interest of the stock of the corporation or a 20% interest in the limited liability company; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>will maintain at least 20% of the stock or at least a 20% interest as long as the applicant is the license holder.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The ownership requirement in subsection (a) of this section does not apply to an applicant for a Class BLX license on behalf of a corporation or limited liability company in which:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the stock of the corporation or interest in the limited liability company is authorized for sale by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a majority of the stock of the corporation or interest in the limited liability company is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>owned or controlled directly or indirectly by one or more corporations or limited liability companies; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is authorized for sale by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An applicant for a license for a corporation or limited liability company shall submit to the Board:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an executed copy of the articles of incorporation or articles of organization; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a schedule that shows:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for each stockholder holding at least 5% of the stock of a corporation, the name, address, and percentage of stock held; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for each member holding at least a 5% interest in a limited liability company, the name, address, and percentage of interest held.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The schedule requirement under subsection (c)(2) of this section does not apply if the stock of the corporation or interest in the limited liability company is authorized for sale by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.</text>
  </level>
</section>
