TITLE 3 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Section 5. Malt Beverages, 3-5-1 through 3-5-90.

ARTICLE 2 STATE LICENSE REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS FOR MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, AND SALE

3-5-33. Brewer-wholesaler relations - Prohibited acts.

No brewer, broker, or importer shall:

1. Induce or coerce, or attempt to induce or coerce, any wholesaler to accept delivery of any malt beverage which has not been ordered or agreed upon by the wholesaler, provided that recommendation, endorsement, exposition, persuasion, or argument shall not be deemed to constitute inducements, coercion, or requirements prohibited by this Code section;
2. Require a wholesaler to assent to any unreasonable requirement, condition, understanding, or term of an agreement limiting the wholesaler's right to sell the product of any other brewer, broker, or importer;
3. Fix or maintain the price at which a wholesaler may resell beer, whether by the terms or requirements imposed on the wholesaler under an agreement or otherwise; or
4. Require or prohibit any change in the management or supervisory employees of a wholesaler unless the current or proposed employees fail to meet essential, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory requirements imposed by an agreement's express terms.

(Code 1981, §3-5-33, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1214, § 2.)