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§ 5-104. Prohibited inducements by beer manufacturer; failure to deliver beer

West's Annotated Code of MarylandAlcoholic Beverages and CannabisEffective: July 1, 2016

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (Refs & Annos)
Division I. General Provisions Affecting Multiple Jurisdictions [Titles 1-8] (Refs & Annos)
Title 5. General Beer Regulation (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 1. Beer Franchise Fair Dealing Act (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2016
MD Code, Alcoholic Beverages, § 5-104
Formerly cited as MD CODE, Art. 2B, § 17-102
§ 5-104. Prohibited inducements by beer manufacturer; failure to deliver beer
A beer manufacturer may not:
(1) induce or coerce, or attempt to induce or coerce, a beer distributor to accept delivery of an alcoholic beverage, any form of advertisement, or another commodity that the beer distributor did not order;
(2) induce or coerce, or attempt to induce or coerce, a beer distributor to do an illegal act or thing, or to do an act unfair to the beer distributor, by threatening to cancel, terminate, or refuse to renew a beer franchise agreement that exists between the beer manufacturer, or its representative, and the beer distributor; or
(3) fail or refuse to deliver to a beer distributor with a beer franchise agreement any beer that the beer manufacturer or its agents advertised publicly for immediate sale promptly after the beer manufacturer received an order from the beer distributor.

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Added by Acts 2016, c. 41, § 2, eff. July 1, 2016.
MD Code, Alcoholic Beverages, § 5-104, MD AL BEV § 5-104
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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