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GA SB539
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/26/2012
Primary Sponsor
Ronnie Chance
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AI Summary
- Repeals the existing Georgia law (Code Section 3-4-21) that prohibits any person from holding or having a beneficial interest in more than two retail dealer licenses for distilled spirits package sales
- Removes the provision that defined "person" to include family members within the first degree of consanguinity and affinity, which had prevented families from collectively holding more than two licenses
- Eliminates the rule that trust beneficiaries were considered to have a beneficial interest in retail dealer licenses held within a trust estate
- Replaces the entire existing Code Section 3-4-21 with "Reserved," effectively opening the market for individuals and entities to hold an unlimited number of retail distilled spirits licenses
- Sponsored by Senators Staton, Hamrick, Rogers, Chance, and Tolleson; amends Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated
Legislative Description
Distilled Spirits; repeal the limitation on the number of retail dealer licenses which a person may possess
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
3/26/2012
Committee Referrals
Regulated Industries and Utilities3/26/2012
Full Bill Text
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