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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="23-1404" title_number="23" title_name="Howard County" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Applications for Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, at least one of the applicants for a new license for a corporation or limited liability company shall certify that as long as the applicant is the holder of the license, the applicant shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>own at least 10% of the stock in the corporation or interest in the limited liability company; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>serve as the manager or supervisor of the corporation or limited liability company; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>be physically present on a full–time basis at the licensed premises of the corporation or limited liability company to conduct the daily business involving transactions concerning alcoholic beverages sales.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, applicants for a license for a corporation or limited liability company shall submit:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an executed copy of the articles of incorporation or articles of organization; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a schedule that states:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name, address, and percentage of stock held by each stockholder holding at least 5% of the stock of a corporation; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the name, address, and percentage of interest held by each member holding at least 5% interest in a limited liability company.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The stock or interest requirements established under subsection (a) of this section do not apply to 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 owned or controlled directly or indirectly by one or more corporations or limited liability companies whose stock or interest is authorized for sale by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A corporation or limited liability company provided for in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall maintain one applicant as a manager or supervisor physically present on a full–time basis at the licensed premises to conduct the daily business involving transactions concerning alcoholic beverages sales.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The schedule requirement established under subsection (b) of this section does not apply to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a corporation whose stock is authorized for sale by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a limited liability company whose interest is authorized for sale by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The requirements under subsection (a) of this section do not apply to an application for or renewal of a Class C (continuing care retirement community) beer, wine, and liquor license by a nonprofit organization if the manager or supervisor of the continuing care retirement community:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is identified on the application;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>receives alcohol awareness training from an approved alcohol awareness training program; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>is physically present at the continuing care retirement community on a full–time basis.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A continuing care retirement community license shall be issued to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a manager or supervisor; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>two officers, one of whom shall be a resident of the State at the time the application is filed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An individual who is a resident of the State meets the residency requirements under §§ 4–104 and 4–105 of this article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
