OK Supplier-Distributor Prohibitions Bill Progresses

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Substituted in committee, H.B. 1920 prohibits beer brewers or importers from: requiring a distributor to gather or submit certain information for brands not brewed or imported by the brewer or importer; mandating hiring decisions or payment rates or incentives of distributors; requiring a distributor to pay advertising or marketing funds to the brewer or importer, unless otherwise agreed upon in writing; initiating an electronic funds transfer payment for any products exceeding a specified order, forecast or inventory level or including in an invoice charges for anything other than beer, freight, fuel, cooperage, dunnage, pallets and related deposits; initiating an electronic funds transfer payment for point-of-sale advertising specialties or other items, unless otherwise agreed upon in writing; attributing risk of loss, ownership or other financial interest for beer not in the distributor’s possession; or requiring a distributor to use or pay for any software owned or mandated by the brewer or importer. However, a distributor may be required to maintain date in a format compatible with standards used by a brewer or importer.

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