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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="22-1503" title_number="22" title_name="Harford County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person may not have interest in more than one license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Paragraph (1) of this subsection applies whether the license is held or controlled by direct or indirect ownership, by franchise operation, by stock ownership, by interlocking directors or interlocking stock ownership, or in any other manner, directly or indirectly.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Under subsection (a) of this section, an indirect ownership interest is presumed to exist between any combination of individuals, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, limited partnerships, joint ventures, associations, or other persons if any of the following conditions exist between them:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a common parent company;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a franchise agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a licensing agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a concession agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>dual membership in a chain of businesses commonly owned and operated;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>a sharing of directors, stockholders, partners, or members, or a sharing of directors, stockholders, partners, or members of parents or subsidiaries; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>a sharing of a common trade name, trademark, logo, or theme, or mode of operation identifiable by the public.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
