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4. INTERLOCKING DIRECTORS OR INTERLOCKING

STOCK OWNERSHIP; OR

5. ANY OTHER METHOD OF OWNERSHIP OR

CONTROL.

(5) (I) IN BALTIMORE CITY, EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY
SECTION 41 OF THIS ARTICLE, A PERSON, FRANCHISOR, FRANCHISEE,
CHAIN STORE OPERATION, PARTNERSHIP, FIRM OR CORPORATION, EXCEPT
BY WAY OF RENEWAL, MAY NOT HAVE ANY INTEREST IN MORE THAN ONE
CLASS A LICENSE, WHETHER HELD OR CONTROLLED BY DIRECT OR INDIRECT
OWNERSHIP, BY FRANCHISE OPERATION, BY CHAIN STORE OPERATION, BY
STOCK OWNERSHIP, INTERLOCKING STOCK OWNERSHIP, OR IN ANY OTHER
MANNER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY. IT IS THE INTENTION OF THIS
SUBSECTION TO PROHIBIT ANY SUCH PERSONS, FRANCHISOR, FRANCHISEE,
CHAIN STORE OPERATION, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, OR CORPORATION FROM
HAVING ANY INTEREST, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN MORE THAN ONE
CLASS A LICENSE. NOTHING IN THIS SUBSECTION APPLIES TO OR
AFFECTS ANY SUCH TYPE OF BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT ALREADY HOLDING
SUCH A LICENSE OR THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LICENSEE HAVING THE
LICENSE TRANSFERRED TO A SIMILAR TYPE OF BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT.

(II) THIS PARAGRAPH SUBSECTION IS INTENDED:

1.  TO REGULATE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
LICENSES FOR THE USE IN FRANCHISED OPERATIONS IN BALTIMORE CITY;
AND

2.  TO BE IN ADDITION TO THE PROVISIONS OF
§ 41 OF THIS ARTICLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved May 28, 1985.

CHAPTER 581

(Senate Bill 838)

AN ACT concerning

Refund of Vehicle Laws - Excise Tax

FOR the purpose of altering the procedures for a refund of excise
taxes on a motor vehicle for a certain nonconformity,
defect, or condition arising under a warranty; providing
that if a dealer, manufacturer, factory branch, or
distributor is required to accept, or by voluntary agreement
accepts, return of a motor vehicle from a consumer , the
consumer shall be entitled to recover excise tax from the