Chapter 519
2013 -- H 5841 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/18/13
A N A C T
RELATING TO
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES
Introduced By: Representative Linda D. Finn
Date Introduced: March 06, 2013
It is enacted by the General
Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 3-7-22 of the General Laws in Chapter 3-7
entitled "Retail
Licenses" is hereby
amended to read as follows:
3-7-22.
Manufacturer's or wholesaler's interest in retailer. –
(a) Except as otherwise
provided, it shall be unlawful for any holder of a
manufacturer's or wholesaler's license to have
any direct or indirect interest in any retailer's license
or in the business carried on under a
retailer's license. If by operation of law the holder of a manufacturer's
or wholesaler's license
acquires an interest in a retailer's license, or in the
business carried on under a retailer's license, he
or she shall within thirty (30) days after acquiring
that interest report the interest to the
department and shall dispose of that interest in accordance with
the directions of the department.
Any person willfully violating the provisions of this
section shall forfeit his or her manufacturer's
license and his or her interest in the retailer's license.
(b) The holder of a
license issued pursuant to section 3-6-1.1, et seq., located at 162 West
Main Road, Little Compton,
license, provided, that the holder shall remain obligated to
comply with section 3-7-18 and
section 3-5-11.1.
SECTION 2. Section 3-1-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 3-1
entitled "General
Provisions" is hereby
amended to read as follows:
3-1-6.
Severability. – (a) Each
section of this title and each part of each section is
declared to be a separable and independent section, and the
holding of any section or sections or
part or parts of this title to be void, ineffective or
unconstitutional for any cause, shall not be
deemed to affect any other section or part of this title.
(b) If any provision
of this title, or its application to any person or circumstance, is
determined by a court to be invalid or unconstitutional, the
remaining provisions and sections
shall be construed in accordance with the intent of the
general assembly to limit rather than
expand commerce in alcoholic beverages and to enhance strict
regulatory control over taxation,
distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages through the
three-tier regulatory system imposed by
this title upon all alcoholic beverages.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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