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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="26-1406" title_number="26" title_name="Prince George's County" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Applications for Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a racetrack license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a Class BLX license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>an arena license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a Class BCE (catering) license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a Class B–CC (convention center) license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>a Class B/ECF (educational conference facility) license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>the issuance, renewal, or transfer of Class B–DD (development district) licenses; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>a business whose stock or interest is authorized for sale by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An application for a license on behalf of a corporation, an incorporated or unincorporated club, or a limited liability company shall be made by and the license issued to three officers of the corporation or club or three authorized persons of the limited liability company, as individuals.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An application for a license shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>state the name and address of each officer of the corporation or club or authorized person of the limited liability company;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>state the name and address of the corporation, club, or limited liability company; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>be signed by:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the president or vice president of the corporation or club; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>three officers or authorized persons to whom the licenses are to be issued.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If a corporation or club has fewer than three officers or directors or a limited liability company has fewer than three authorized persons, each officer, director, or authorized person shall apply for a license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to a Class B–Stadium (baseball stadium) beer, wine, and liquor license, a 7–day Class B–ECR on–sale beer, wine, and liquor license, or a Class B–WPL (waterfront pavilion) beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To be eligible to receive a license, an applicant shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>be a resident of the State at the time the application is filed and continue to be a resident as long as the license is in effect; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>be a registered voter of the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A license may not be issued, renewed, or transferred to an individual applying for a license for a corporation, an unincorporated association, or a limited liability company, unless residents of the State own:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>25% of the total issued capital stock of the corporation or unincorporated association; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>25% of the interest in the limited liability company.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a close corporation does not have officers or directors:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>at least 25% of the stock shall be held by residents of the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>there shall be an affirmative vote of the majority stockholders;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>at least one stockholder shall apply for the license as provided in this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>each year, the applicants or corporation shall submit to the Board a sworn statement that includes the name and address of each stockholder of the corporation and the number of shares that each stockholder owns and has a right to vote at a stockholders meeting.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
