Section 16-202 - Cigarette business license required; exception; multiple licenses.
§ 16-202. Cigarette business license required; exception; multiple licenses.
(a) License required.- Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person must have an appropriate license whenever the person acts as a manufacturer, retailer, storage warehouse, subwholesaler, vending machine operator, or wholesaler in the State.
(b) Exception.- A person need not get a retailer license to act as a retailer at a vending stand operated under a trader's license issued to Blind Industries and Services of Maryland.
(c) Multiple licenses.- A license to act as a retailer is required for each place of business where a person acts as a retailer.
(d) Wholesalers.-
(1) A person licensed as a manufacturer, or person connected with the business of a licensed manufacturer or related by ownership, may not at the same time hold or have any financial interest in a wholesaler license or in any business of a wholesaler.
(2) A person licensed as a wholesaler, or person connected with the business of a licensed wholesaler or related by ownership, may not at the same time hold or have any financial interest in a manufacturer license or in any business of a manufacturer.
[An. Code 1957, art. 56, § 611; 1992, ch. 4, § 2; 1994, ch. 464; 1997, ch. 704.]