Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.
2011 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2709
Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act; provide rules regarding reintroduction of brands of beer or light wine.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 67-7-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "AGREEMENT" AND TO DEFINE THE TERMS "BRAND" AND "BRAND EXTENSION" UNDER THE BEER INDUSTRY FAIR DEALING ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 67-7-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE BEER SUPPLIERS TO ASSIGN A BRAND EXTENSION TO THE WHOLESALER TO WHOM THE SUPPLIER GRANTED THE EXCLUSIVE SALES TERRITORY TO THE BRAND FROM WHICH THE BRAND EXTENSION RESULTED; TO PROHIBIT BEER SUPPLIERS FROM DISCONTINUING THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANY PARTICULAR BRAND OR PACKAGE OF LIGHT WINE OR BEER UPON NOT LESS THAN 30 DAYS' NOTICE TO THE WHOLESALER; TO AMEND SECTION 67-7-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IN THE EVENT THAT A SUPPLIER RESUMES PRODUCTION OF A DISCONTINUED BRAND OR REINTRODUCES FOR DISTRIBUTION IN THIS STATE ANY BRAND THAT HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED WITHIN FIVE YEARS AFTER TERMINATION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH A WHOLESALER, THE SUPPLIER MUST ENTER INTO A NEW AGREEMENT WITH THE WHOLESALER WHO PREVIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED THE BRANDS ON THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE OLD AGREEMENT WITH THE WHOLESALER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 17 to February 1, 2011, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days
FinanceJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.