2017 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 37A. Alcoholic Beverage
§37A-3-110. Licensed beer distributor - Sales and distribution restrictions

Text effective Oct. 1, 2018. See, also, Title 37 for text effective until Oct. 1, 2018

A. A licensed distributor designated as the licensed distributor for a beer brand within a designated sales territory shall present that beer brand for sale to all on-premise licensees on the same price basis and without discrimination and to all off-premise licensees on the same price basis within a particular county and without discrimination. A licensed distributor shall not sell, supply or deliver, either directly or indirectly through a third party, a beer brand to a licensed retailer outside of the designated sales territory of the designated distributor nor to any person the licensed distributor has reason to believe will sell or supply any quantity of the beer brand to any retail location outside of the designated sales territory of the designated distributor.

B. All beer shall only be transported by a marked conveyance owned or leased by the licensed distributor and operated by the licensed distributor or an employee of the distributor for the products of a licensed manufacturer within the designated sales territory to the address and location of a licensed retailer within that designated sales territory.

C. Any beer sold by the licensed distributor shall not be delivered to, received by or stored at any place other than the address and location of the licensed retailer for which state and local retailer licenses or permits have been issued.

D. With the approval of the licensed manufacturer, a licensed distributor may sell the designated brands to a licensed retailer located in a designated sales territory of another licensed distributor if that licensed distributor is temporarily unable for any reason to provide the designated brands of the licensed manufacturer within its designated sales territory.

E. All beer purchased by a licensed distributor for resale in this state shall physically come into the possession of the licensed distributor and be unloaded in and distributed from the licensed warehouse of the licensed distributor located in this state prior to being resold in this state.

Added by Laws 2016, c. 366, § 80, eff. Oct. 1, 2018.

NOTE: This section shall become effective October 1, 2018, upon certification of election returns favoring passage of the Constitutional Amendment proposed in Senate Joint Resolution No. 68 of the 2nd Session of the 55th Oklahoma Legislature.