(a) Two or more entities are affiliated if:
(1) the entities share common officers, directors,
or controlling stockholders;
(2) a family member of an officer, director, or controlling
stockholder of one entity serves in a similar capacity in another
of the entities;
(3) an individual who has an interest in, or controls
a part of, one entity either directly or indirectly also has an interest
in, or controls a part of, another of the entities;
(4) the entities are so closely connected or associated
that one of the entities, either directly or indirectly, controls
or has the power to control another entity;
(5) one entity controls or has the power to control
another of the entities; or
(6) the entities are closely allied through an established
course of dealings, including but not limited to the lending of financial
assistance.
(b) In this section, an individual's family member
is the individual's spouse, child, child's spouse, parent, parent's
spouse, step-parent, step-parent's spouse, sibling, sibling's spouse,
uncle, uncle's spouse, aunt, aunt's spouse, first cousin, first cousin's
spouse, the individual's grandchild, the individual's grandparent,
the individual's spouse's child or the individual's spouse's child's
spouse.
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