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March 13, 2009





ENGROSSED

HOUSE BILL No. 1037

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DIGEST OF HB 1037 (Updated March 11, 2009 2:39 pm - DI 110)



Citations Affected: IC 7.1-3.

Synopsis: Product transfer between beer wholesalers. Provides that a primary source of supply that acquires brands of beer or flavored malt beverages: (1) shall reappoint the existing beer wholesaler to distribute the brands; and (2) is prohibited from transferring the brands to another beer wholesaler; if the brands represent at least 15% of the existing wholesaler's dollar sales in the 12 months preceding the acquisition. Requires a primary source of supply that acquires brands of beer or flavored malt beverages to give a beer wholesaler notice of the primary source of supply's intent not to reappoint the wholesaler not later than 60 days after acquisition of the brands.

Effective: July 1, 2009.





Van Haaften
(SENATE SPONSORS _ ALTING, DEIG)




    January 7, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Policy.
    February 19, 2009, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
    February 23, 2009, read second time, ordered engrossed. Engrossed.
    February 24, 2009, read third time, passed. Yeas 89, nays 5.

SENATE ACTION

    February 25, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Commerce, Public Policy and Interstate Cooperation.
    March 12, 2009, reported favorably _ Do Pass.






March 13, 2009

First Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2009)


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ENGROSSED

HOUSE BILL No. 1037



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning alcohol and tobacco.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 7.1-3-25-4.5; (09)EH1037.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 7.1-3-25-4.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 4.5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a successor, upon acquiring products, shall:
        (1) reappoint the existing wholesaler for:
            (A) all acquired products; and
            (B) the territories covered by the existing wholesaler for the products; or
        (2) comply with this chapter to transfer the products to another wholesaler.
    (b) If the products acquired by a successor represent at least fifteen percent (15%) of an existing wholesaler's dollar sales in the twelve (12) months preceding the closing of the transaction in which the successor acquires the products, the successor:
        (1) shall reappoint the existing wholesaler for:
            (A) all acquired products; and
            (B) the territories covered by the existing wholesaler for

the products; and
        (2) may not transfer the product to another wholesaler.

SOURCE: IC 7.1-3-25-6; (09)EH1037.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 7.1-3-25-6, AS ADDED BY P.L.224-2005, SECTION 19, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 6. The successor shall notify the existing wholesaler of the successor's intent not to appoint the existing wholesaler for all or a part of the existing wholesaler's territory for the product not later than sixty (60) days after the closing of the transaction in which the successor acquires the product. The successor shall mail the notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the existing wholesaler. The successor shall include in the notice the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the successor's designees.