SCS/SB 340 - This act modifies provisions relating to alcohol trade practices.
Currently, a distiller, wholesaler, winemaker, or brewer may give or sell product displays to a retail business if the total value of such displays does not exceed $300 per brand, per retail outlet. The act changes this limit to $400 per brand, per retail outlet. Further, this act changes the limit on the amount of permanent point-of-sale advertising materials that may be sold or given to a retailer from $500 to $700 per year, per brand, per retail outlet. The replacement of similar permanent point-of-sale advertising materials that are damaged and non-functioning shall not apply toward the maximum of $700. The act increases, from $500 to $700, the amount of alcohol wholesalers, brewers, distillers, and winemakers may donate at retail business association activities.
Wholesalers, brewers, distillers, and winemakers may lend, give, rent, or sell, and may install or repair non-refrigeration dispensing accessories at the retail business establishment to facilitate the dispensing of draft beer, distilled spirits, or wine. The fair market value of non-refrigeration dispensing accessories given or lent by a wholesaler, brewer, distiller, or winemaker to a retailer shall not exceed $2,500 per calendar year. Also, a wholesaler, brewer, distiller, and winemaker may lend, give, rent, or sell, and may install or repair an unlimited amount of non-refrigeration dispensing accessories to certain licensed premises or venues that have a primary purpose of providing entertainment to the general public. A complete record of non-refrigeration dispensing accessories given, rented, sold, installed, and loaned, and repairs and services made to a retailer shall be retained for a period of not less than three years by the wholesaler, brewer, distiller, or winemaker.
In addition, distributors, wholesalers, winemakers or brewers may also lend, give, rent, or sell, and may install or repair portable coil boxes, coil plates, and jockey boxes at the retail business establishment to facilitate the dispensing of draft beer. The distributor, wholesaler, winemaker or brewer shall a complete record of the portable coil boxes, coil plates, and jockey boxes given, rented, sold, installed, and loaned, and repairs and services made to a retailer. These records shall be maintained for a period of three years.
A wine manufacturer that holds a license to sell by the drink on the premise shall be exempt from the prohibition on a retailer purchasing liquor from an entity other than a wholesaler for liquor produced on the premises.
This act is similar to HB 634 (2019) and HCS/HB 1924 (2018).
CHARLEY MERRIWEATHER