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IN HB1376

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/19/2016

Primary Sponsor

Thomas Dermody

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Origin

House of Representatives

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

HB 1376 Summary

  • Beer and wine wholesalers may wholesale liquor by paying a $4,000 annual fee if their primary liquor supplier has been their primary beer or wine supplier for at least three consecutive years.

  • Liquor and wine wholesalers may wholesale beer by paying a $4,000 annual fee if their primary beer supplier has been their primary liquor or wine supplier for at least three consecutive years.

  • Wholesalers exercising these cross-category rights are not required to obtain additional permits and may store products at existing licensed premises.

  • Makes it a Class B misdemeanor for liquor suppliers to terminate relationships with liquor wholesalers for the purpose of transferring brands to beer wholesalers authorized to distribute liquor, with exceptions for transfers made within 90 days of acquisition or by October 1, 2016.

  • Effective July 1, 2016.

Legislative Description

Beer and liquor wholesalers. Allows a beer and wine wholesaler to wholesale liquor if: (1) the wholesaler pays a $4,000 fee; and (2) the wholesaler's primary source of supply for liquor has been the wholesaler's primary source of supply for beer or wine for at least three years preceding the selling of liquor to the wholesaler. Allows a liquor and wine wholesaler to wholesale beer if: (1) the wholesaler pays a $4,000 fee; and (2) the wholesaler's primary source of supply for beer has been the wholesaler's primary source of supply for liquor or wine for at least three years

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy

1/19/2016

Committee Referrals

Public Policy1/19/2016

Full Bill Text

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