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4-33-4-21. Licenses; transfer, sale, purchase, or voting trust; rules of procedure; prohibitions

IN Code § 4-33-4-21 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 21. (a) A licensed owner or any other person must apply for and receive the commission's approval before:

(1) an owner's license is:

(A) transferred;

(B) sold; or

(C) purchased; or

(2) a voting trust agreement or other similar agreement is established with respect to the owner's license.

(b) Subject to section 24 of this chapter, the commission shall adopt rules governing the procedure a licensed owner or other person must follow to take an action under subsection (a). The rules must specify that a person who obtains an ownership interest in a license must meet the criteria of this article and any rules adopted by the commission. A licensed owner may transfer an owner's license only in accordance with this article and rules adopted by the commission.

(c) A licensed owner or any other person may not:

(1) lease;

(2) hypothecate; or

(3) borrow or loan money against;

an owner's license.

(d) A transfer fee is imposed on a licensed owner who purchases or otherwise acquires a controlling interest, as determined under the rules of the commission, in a second owner's license. The fee is equal to two million dollars ($2,000,000). The commission shall collect and deposit a fee imposed under this subsection in the state general fund.

As added by P.L.20-1995, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.224-2003, SEC.42; P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.59.

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