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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="26-1611" title_number="26" title_name="Prince George's County" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Licensing Conditions; Multiple Licensing Plans">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An interest shall be conclusively presumed to exist between two license holders or a license holder and an applicant for a license if any of the following conditions exist between them:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a franchise agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a licensing agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a concession agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>both are part of a chain of businesses commonly owned and operated and so portrayed to the public;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>any sharing of directors or stockholders or any sharing of directors or stockholders of parents or subsidiaries;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>common direct or indirect sharing of profit from the sale of alcoholic beverages; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>sharing of a common trade name, trademark, logo, or theme, or mode of operation identifiable by the public, except hotels and motels.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall make determinations under this section without regard to whether a particular license holder or proposed license holder is or may be an independent contractor for purposes other than the application of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Board determines after a hearing that an interest exists in more than one license, the Board shall refuse to issue a new license or shall revoke an existing license unless the license is operational and complied with law applicable at the time of the issuance of the license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A wholesale license holder is considered a license holder for purposes of this section and may not hold or have an interest, directly or indirectly, in a license of a class that authorizes retail sale of alcoholic beverages in the county.</text>
  </level>
</section>
