GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 939

Short Title:  Wine Wholesalers.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Odom.
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Referred to:  Alcoholic Beverage Control.
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April 19, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF WINE WHOLESALERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 18B-1201(3) reads as rewritten:
"(3)	‘Wine wholesaler' means any holder of a wine wholesaler permit, wine importer permit, or bottler permit issued under the authority of this Chapter or any person or corporation that has contracted to purchase a wine wholesale business."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 18B-1207(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	If a winery violates any provision of this Article, a wholesaler or a person or corporation that has contracted to purchase a wine wholesale business may maintain a suit against the winery. The court may grant injunctive and other appropriate relief, including damages to compensate the wholesaler or the person or corporation that has contracted to purchase a wine wholesale business for the value of the agreement and any good will, to remedy violations of this Article."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.