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, Rhode Island may have a direct or indirect interest in a Class B

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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