HB391 Alabama 2019 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Beer suppliers and wholesalers, regulation of contracts governing, revised, Sec. 28-9-5.1 added; Sec. 28-9-4 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, a beer supplier is required to sell its beer to a beer wholesaler through an exclusive franchise contract. Existing law establishes parameters for these franchise contracts, including provisions that prohibit certain actions by suppliers and wholesalers against the other party</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would revise the list of prohibited acts that a supplier may take against a wholesaler</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also establish when possession of the beer is transferred from a supplier to a wholesaler</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to beer suppliers and wholesalers; to amend Section 28-9-4, Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Section 28-9-5.1, Code of Alabama 1975; to prohibit a beer supplier from taking certain actions against the wholesaler with whom a supplier contracts to distribute its beer; and to establish when possession and risk of loss is transferred from a beer supplier to a beer wholesaler. </p>

Subjects

Alcoholic Beverages