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HB286 Alabama 2014 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021
HB286 Alabama 2014 Session
House Bill
Enacted
Current Status
Regular Session 2014
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor
Mike Hill
Republican
Session
Regular Session 2014
Title
Shelby Co., alcoholic beverages, business relations between suppliers and wholesalers of wine, Shelby Co. Wine Franchise Jobs Protection Act
Description
Relating to Shelby County, relating to alcoholic beverages and the sale of wine in Shelby County, to create the Shelby County Wine Franchise Jobs Protection Act; to provide for business relations between suppliers and wholesalers of wine to preserve and expand jobs in Shelby County in the wine industry; 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 of proof; 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 with wholesalers and suppliers as well as their successors and transferees; to provide that this act is cumulative; and to provide for an effective date.
Subjects
Shelby County

Bill Actions

H

Delivered to Governor at 6:38 p.m. on March 18, 2014.

H

Assigned Act No. 2014-209.

H

Clerk of the House Certification

S

Signature Requested

H

Enrolled

H

Passed Second House

S

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 798

S

Third Reading Passed

S

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation No. 1

H

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 252

H

Third Reading Passed

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Shelby County Legislation

Bill Text

Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

February 12, 2014 House Failed
Yes 37
Abstained 37
Absent 30

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

March 17, 2014 Senate Passed
Yes 24
Absent 11

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature