Bill Text: GA HB943 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Alcoholic beverages; number of retail dealer licenses a person may hold or have interest in; change
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-15 - House Second Readers [HB943 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB943-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 943
By:
Representative Stephens of the
164th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to state license requirements and regulations for
manufacture, distribution, and package sales, so as to change the number of
retail dealer licenses that a person may hold or have a beneficial interest in;
to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
2 of Chapter 4 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
state license requirements and regulations for manufacture, distribution, and
package sales, is amended by revising Code Section 3-4-21, relating to
prohibition of holding or having beneficial interest in more than two retail
dealer licenses, as follows:
"3-4-21.
(a)
No person shall be issued more than
two
ten
retail dealer licenses, nor shall any person be permitted to have a beneficial
interest in more than
two
ten
retail dealer licenses issued under this chapter, regardless of the degree of
such interest.
(b)
For purposes of this Code section:
(1)
The term 'person' shall include all members of a retail dealer licensee's
family; and the term 'family' shall include any person related to the holder of
the license within the first degree of consanguinity and affinity as computed
according to the canon law.
(2)
The beneficiaries of a trust shall be considered to have a beneficial interest
in any business forming a part of the trust estate.
(c)
Nothing contained in this Code section shall prohibit the reissuance of a valid
retail dealer license if the license has been:
(1)
Held prior to the creation of any of the above relationships by marriage;
or
(2)
Held prior to April 3, 1978."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.