§ 2125 — Definitions applied to § 2124; burden of persuasion

(a) For purposes of remedies under § 2124 of this title,

(1)“Related person.” —A related person is any sibling or any natural person identified in § 318(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 318) or, by applying the constructive ownership rules of 26 U.S.C. § 318(a), any entity in which 25% or more of whose equity is owned by a revokee, or any natural person or entity owning 25% or more of the equity of the revokee;

(2)“Revokee.” —“Revokee” means a person whose business license has been revoked, denied or withheld under § 2124 of this title;

(3)“Substantially same business.” —A business is substantially the same as a revokee’s business if any of the following conditions exist:

a. The business location is substantially the same as the revokee’s;

b. The customers are substantially the same as the revokee’s;

c. The employees are substantially the same as the revokee’s; or

d. The physical assets of the business are substantially the same as the revokee’s.

(b)“Burden of proof.” —Provided the Director shall show that a license was properly revoked, denied or withheld under § 2124 of this title, in any proceeding initiated under § 2124(e) of this title or in any other proceeding in which the State shall put in issue the nonlicensure of a business, the burden of proof shall be upon the person whose license has been revoked, denied or withheld to prove the defenses specified in § 2124(d) of this title.