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244.167 Unlawful acts relating to wholesalers or distributors.
(1)
(2)
(3)
It is unlawful:
(a) For any distiller, rectifier, winery, brewer, or importer to solicit, accept, or
fill any order for any alcoholic beverage from any wholesaler or distributor
in the Commonwealth of Kentucky unless the supplier is the primary
source of supply for the brand of alcoholic beverage sold or sought to be
sold;
(b) For any wholesaler, distributor, or any other licensee in this
Commonwealth to order, purchase, or receive any alcoholic beverage
from any supplier unless the supplier is the primary source of supply for
the brand ordered, purchased, or received;
(c) For a retailer to order, purchase, or receive any alcoholic beverage from
any source other than any of the following:
1.
A wholesaler or distributor who has purchased the brand from the
primary source of supply; or
2.
A wholesaler or distributor who is the designated representative of
the primary source of supply in this Commonwealth and who has
purchased alcoholic beverages from the designated representative
of the primary source of supply within or without this
Commonwealth; and
(d) For alcoholic beverages to be transported from a wholesaler's or
distributor's warehouse within twenty-four (24) hours of the time they are
unloaded.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may suspend for a period not to exceed
one (1) year the license of any wholesaler, distributor, or retailer who violates
the provisions of this section.
Upon determination by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board that a primary
source of supply has violated the provisions of this section, no wholesaler,
distributor, or retailer may accept any shipment of alcoholic beverages from the
primary source of supply for a period of one (1) year.
Effective:June 29, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 97, effective June 29, 2017. -Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 121, sec. 86, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 590, effective July 15, 2010. -- Created 1996 Ky. Acts
ch. 72, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1996.
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