Section 40-12-317
Scope of article.
The provisions of this article shall be construed to apply to every person, firm, corporation, copartnership, or association, either domestic or foreign, which is controlled or held with others by stock ownership of 25 percent or ultimately controlled or directed by one management or association of ultimate management or the buying for said store or stores is centralized or done by one person or management.
(Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §626; Acts 1945, No. 430, p. 675.)