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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="22-1405" title_number="22" title_name="Harford County" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Applications for Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a license for the use of a corporation, an unincorporated entity, or a limited liability company shall be applied for by and issued to, as individuals:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>three officers holding a financial interest in the corporation; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>three authorized persons holding a financial interest in the limited liability company.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>One of the three individual applicants who apply for a license shall be a resident of the county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The license shall be in effect so long as the resident applicant remains a resident of the county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>For a license issued after July 1, 1984, the resident applicant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <level label="1">
          <text>for a Class A beer and wine license or a Class A–1 or Class A–2 beer, wine, and liquor license, shall own at least 25% of the total corporation, unincorporated entity, or limited liability company;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>for any type of license other than one specified in item 1 or 3 of this item, shall own at least 10% of the total corporation, unincorporated entity, or limited liability company; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>for a Class C–1, Class C–2, or Class C–3 license, may own any amount or no amount of the total corporation, unincorporated entity, or limited liability company;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shall serve as manager or supervisor; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>shall be physically present on the premises for a substantial amount of time on a daily basis.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>An application for a license shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>state the name and address of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the corporation or unincorporated entity and each officer who holds a financial interest in the corporation or unincorporated entity; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the limited liability company and each authorized person who holds a financial interest in the limited liability company; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>be signed by:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the president or vice president of a corporation or an unincorporated entity and the three officers to whom the license is issued; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the three authorized persons of a limited liability company to whom the license is issued.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>If there are fewer than three officers or directors of a corporation or an unincorporated entity or fewer than three authorized persons of a limited liability company, each officer, director, or authorized person holding a financial interest in the corporation, unincorporated entity, or limited liability company shall apply for the license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>If a close corporation does not have officers or directors, one or more resident stockholders who own more than 50% of the stock together may apply for the license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “owner”:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>means a person who has a real, provable financial interest in the business; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>includes a stockholder or managerial employee of the actual owner.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Stock ownership requirements established under subsection (a) of this section do not apply to an applicant for a Class B hotel or restaurant beer, wine, and liquor license or a Class BNR beer, wine, and liquor license in which:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a majority of the stock is owned or controlled either directly or indirectly by one or more corporations and is authorized for sale by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>at least one license holder is a resident applicant of the business conducted on the licensed premises who is responsible for the day–to–day operation of the business; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>each license holder is a named officer of the corporation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The residency requirements established under subsection (a) of this section remain in effect for a Class B hotel or restaurant beer, wine, and liquor license or a Class BNR beer, wine, and liquor license for as long as the license is in effect.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A Class ALP (assisted living program) beer, wine, and liquor license shall be applied for by and issued to the manager of the assisted living program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The pecuniary interest requirements established under subsection (a) of this section, including stock ownership and limited liability company membership interests, do not apply to an applicant for a Class ALP (assisted living program) beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
