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2018 SESSION

18105337D
SENATE BILL NO. 382
FLOOR AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by Senator Chafin
on January 17, 2018)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Chafin)
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 4.1-310.1, relating to alcoholic beverage control; delivery of wine or beer to retail licensee; wholesaler requirement.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 4.1-310.1 as follows:

§ 4.1-310.1. Delivery of wine or beer to retail licensee.

Except as otherwise provided in this title or in Board regulation, no wine or beer may be shipped or delivered to a retail licensee for resale unless such wine or beer has first been (i) delivered to the licensed premises of a wine or beer wholesaler and unloaded, (ii) kept on the licensed premises of the wholesaler for not less than four hours prior to reloading on a vehicle, and (iii) recorded in the wholesaler's inventory. Any holder of a restricted wholesale wine license issued pursuant to § 4.1-207.1 shall be exempt from the requirement set forth in clause (ii).