HB671 Alabama 2013 Session
Signed by Governor
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2013
Title
Jefferson Co., alcoholic beverages, sale of wine, business relations between suppliers and wholesalers regulated, Jefferson County Wine Franchise Jobs Protection Act
Description
<p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to Jefferson County, relating to alcoholic
beverages and the sale of wine in Jefferson County, to create
the Jefferson County Wine Franchise Jobs Protection Act to
provide for business relations between suppliers and
wholesalers of wine; to require written agreements setting
forth in full the supplier's agreement with the wholesaler,
and designating a specific exclusive sales territory; to
provide for prohibited acts by the supplier and by the
wholesaler; to provide for conditions of amendment,
modification, resignation, cancellation, termination, failure
to renew, or refusal to continue the agreement; to provide for
the transfer of wholesaler's business, for the establishment
of nondiscriminatory, material, and reasonable qualifications
and standards by suppliers, and prohibit interference with the
transfer upon compliance with those standards; to provide for
reasonable compensation upon supplier's violation of the act,
including a method of voluntary arbitration; to provide for
civil actions for violations, damages, and venue; to provide
for the burden; to provide that the wholesaler may not waive
rights set forth in this act; to provide that the act relates
to existing and future agreements, transferee of wholesaler
under written agreement, and supplier's successor; to provide
that this act is cumulative; and to provide that this act
shall be effective on January 1, 2013.
</p>
Subjects
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2013 | H | Delivered to Governor at 9:20 p.m. on May 20, 2013. |
| May 20, 2013 | H | Assigned Act No. 2013-346. |
| May 20, 2013 | H | Clerk of the House Certification |
| May 20, 2013 | S | Signature Requested |
| May 20, 2013 | H | Enrolled |
| May 20, 2013 | H | Passed Second House |
| May 20, 2013 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1145 |
| May 20, 2013 | S | Third Reading Passed |
| May 9, 2013 | S | Marsh table Marsh motion to recommit adopted Roll Call 992 |
| May 7, 2013 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation No. 2 |
| May 9, 2013 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| May 2, 2013 | H | Engrossed |
| May 2, 2013 | H | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1038 |
| May 2, 2013 | H | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1037 |
| May 2, 2013 | H | Jefferson County Legislation Amendment Offered |
| May 2, 2013 | H | Third Reading Passed |
| April 30, 2013 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment |
| April 24, 2013 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Jefferson County Legislation |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB671 Alabama 2013 Session - Introduced |
| Bill Text | HB671 Alabama 2013 Session - Engrossed |
| Bill Text | HB671 Alabama 2013 Session - Enrolled |