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GA SB539

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/26/2012

Primary Sponsor

Ronnie Chance

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Origin

Senate

2011-2012 Regular Session

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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