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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="23-1606" title_number="23" title_name="Howard County" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Licensing Conditions; Multiple Licensing Plans">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the Board may issue to an individual or for the use of a person one of the following groups of licenses but not both:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>one Class D (on– and off–sale) beer, wine, and liquor license, five Class B (on–sale) beer, wine, and liquor licenses, and six Class BLX (luxury restaurant)(on–sale) beer, wine, and liquor licenses; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>one Class D (on– and off–sale) beer, wine, and liquor license and eight Class BLX (luxury restaurant)(on–sale) beer, wine, and liquor licenses.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The licenses specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection are for separate premises.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person may not have a direct or indirect interest in any combination of more than one Class D and nine Class B and Class BLX licenses.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>For purposes of this section, an indirect interest is presumed to exist between two persons if both:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>have a common parent company;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>are linked by a franchise agreement, licensing agreement, or a concession agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>are part of a chain of businesses commonly owned and operated;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>share:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>directors, stockholders, partners, or members; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>directors, stockholders, partners, or members of parents or subsidiaries;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>share, directly or indirectly, profit from the sale of alcoholic beverages; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>share a common trade name, trademark, logo, or theme, or mode of operation identifiable by the public.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
