A. In order to provide for regulation of the sales and distribution of beer in this state by the ABLE Commission, this Legislature hereby declares it is necessary to implement the section.
B. Statutory regulation of the sales and distribution of designated brands in designated territories by distributors shall include but not be limited to:
1. A requirement for written distributor agreements between a brewer and distributor designating a specific territory within which the distributor may sell the designated brands of the brewer;
2. Provisions for prohibited acts applicable to the distributor and brewer; and
3. Provisions for penalties for violations.
Added by Laws 2016, c. 366, § 77, eff. Oct. 1, 2018. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 322, § 13, emerg. eff. May 7, 2019.
NOTE: Laws 2016, c. 366, was conditionally effective upon passage of State Question No. 792, Legislative Referendum No. 370, which was adopted at election held on Nov. 8, 2016.