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SB 359 - Under this act, solicitors of alcohol sales are included with distillers, wholesalers, winemakers, brewers, and their employees among the categories of persons who are excluded from the retail sale of alcohol and who are subject to certain limitations relating to the promotion and sale of alcohol. This act allows certain additional goods related to the sale and use of alcohol, including ice buckets, napkin holders, and similar goods, to be distributed to retailers for use in promotion of sales. The dollar limit to the total value of product displays given or sold to alcohol retailers at any one time by distillers, wholesalers, winemakers, and brewers is raised from $300 dollars per brand, per retail outlet, to $500 dollars under this act. The dollar limit to the total value of all permanent point-of-sale advertising materials is also raised from $500 dollars to $800 dollars per year, per brand, per retail outlet. The replacement of similar permanent point-of-sale advertising materials does not apply towards the maximum of $800 dollars. Certain restrictions and requirements are implemented under this act relating to the giving or lending of alcohol vending equipment to retailers by solicitors, wholesalers, and brewers. These include modifying the list of dispensing accessories which distillers, solicitors, wholesalers, and winemakers may give or lend to retailers, specifying that only nonrefrigeration beer may be dispensed, and altering the list of specific tools which may be used to dispense that beer. A deposit payment for such equipment is required if an equipment item is loaned for more than ten days within a thirty-day period. A complete record of equipment given, rented, sold, installed, and loaned, and repairs and services made to a retailer, is required for a period of not less than two years. Distillers, brewers, winemakers and solicitors are permitted to directly sell certain merchandise, as long as that merchandise meets certain criteria set forth in this act. JOHN GRANA
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