Bill Title: Amends provisions of the Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act setting forth conditions under which a brewer shall pay reasonable compensation to a wholesaler if a brewer cancels, terminates, or fails to renew an agreement or unlawfully denies approval of, or unreasonably withholds consent to, an assignment, transfer, or sale of a wholesaler's business assets or voting stock or other equity securities, the brewer elects expedited binding arbitration, the wholesaler rejects the offer to arbitrate, and other conditions exist. Provides that a brewer shall, in good faith, make a payment of reasonable compensation to the wholesaler if the wholesaler retains a brand for 6 months (rather than 2 years) after the wholesaler rejects the offer to arbitrate and other conditions are met. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB5400 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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