Amended in the Senate, Assembly Bill 546 seeks to revise tied-house restrictions related to paying, crediting, or compensating a retailer or retailers for advertising, display, or distribution service in connection with the advertising and sale of all alcoholic beverages, rather than only distilled spirits; expands a restriction to providing “related things of value” to the things that cannot be furnished, given, lent, or rented to any person any decorations, paintings, or signs, except as specified; adds a prohibition to “providing credit” and “rebates” for the privilege of placing or painting a sign or advertising, or window display, on or in any premises selling alcoholic beverages at retail; clarifies that alcohol licensees may sell customized interior signs to retailers at a price not less than current market value.
CA Senate Amends Tied-House Bill
Link to author biography Pete Johnson serves as the State & Regulatory Affairs Manager for the Brewers Association (BA). He joined the BA at its inception in 2005, having previously worked as Programs Director for the Brewers Association of America. Before coming to the small brewing industry in 2001, Pete worked for 14 years with both state and federal elected officials in Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.
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Link to author biography Pete Johnson serves as the State & Regulatory Affairs Manager for the Brewers Association (BA). He joined the BA at its inception in 2005, having previously worked as Programs Director for the Brewers Association of America. Before coming to the small brewing industry in 2001, Pete worked for 14 years with both state and federal elected officials in Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.
See Pete Johnson's Articles
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