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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="28-1606" title_number="28" title_name="St. Mary's 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 not more than three Class B beer, wine, and liquor restaurant licenses.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The licenses specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection are for separate premises.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Only one of the licenses specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection may authorize the sale of alcohol for off–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person may not have a direct or indirect interest in more than three Class B beer, wine, and liquor restaurant licenses.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person may not have a direct or indirect interest in more than one Class B beer, wine, and liquor restaurant license that authorizes the sale of alcohol for off–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An indirect interest is presumed to exist between any combination of 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">
      <level label="i">
        <text>a sharing of directors, stockholders, partners, or members; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a sharing of directors, stockholders, partners, or members of parents or subsidiaries;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>common direct or indirect sharing of profit from the sale of alcoholic beverages; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>a sharing of a common trade name, trademark, logo, or theme or mode of operation identifiable by the public.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
