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HB1784: Wine and beer; delivery thereof, permits.
Chief Patron
Del.
John Cosgrove (R-78)
John Cosgrove
(R-78)
Chesapeake, VA
Served: 2002–
Progress
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Passed House |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Status
03/08/2007: signed by governor
Summary
Alcoholic beverage control; delivery of wine and beer; permits. Restores to certain Virginia retailers the privilege of delivering wine and beer to their customers. Such privilege was removed as a result of recent federal litigation challenging the constitutionality of Virginia's ABC law. The bill contains technical amendments, including relocating the existing provisions concerning direct shipment of wine and beer (§ 4.1-112.1) to the administration of licenses portion of ABC law. View Full Text »
Poll Results
9 votes
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Comments
Yay. This is greatly needed. That small vintners and brewers cannot distribute their own products to restaurants is just crazy. I can only assume that alcohol distributors (a powerful economic force in state politics) will strongly oppose this bill.
I strongly encourage allowing retailers to deliver wine and beer to their customers. I believe this will help the "small business" owner of restaurants to compete with larger retailers such as 7-11 etc. if they are able to deliver beer and wine along with their food products.