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(a) No more than thirty percent of the equity raised by a West Virginia capital company under this article may be invested in any one West Virginia business.

(b) No portion of the capital base of a West Virginia capital company may be invested in a business that is the "alter ego" of that West Virginia capital company. Furthermore, after the effective date of this article no investments shall be made by a West Virginia capital company to a business that is an "alter ego" of the West Virginia capital company: Provided, That this restriction on investments shall not effect any contracts entered into prior to the effective date of this article. For purposes of this subsection, a business is an "alter ego" of the West Virginia capital company if any one or more of the following criteria are satisfied:

(1) The ownership of the business is substantially related to the ownership of the capital company; or