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DC ST 25-735 25-735. Gifts and loans from manufacturer prohibited.

DC ST 25-735 District of Columbia Official Code 2001 Edition Currentness Division V. Local Business Affairs Title 25. Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Chapter 7. Standards of Operation. Subchapter IV. Sale on Credit, Gifts, and Loans. 25-735. Gifts and loans from manufacturer prohibited.

(a) A manufacturer, whether or not licensed under this title, shall not engage in the following transactions with a wholesale or retail licensee: (1) Loan or give money; (2) Sell, rent, loan, or give equipment, furniture, fixtures, or property; or (3) Give or sell a service. (b) A retail licensee shall not engage in the following transactions with a manufacturer, whether or not licensed under this title: (1) Receive or accept a loan or gift of money; (2) Purchase from, rent from, borrow, or receive by gift equipment, furniture, fixtures, or property; or (3) Accept or receive a service. (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, with the prior approval of the Board, a manufacturer may sell, give, rent, or loan to a retail licensee any service or article of property costing the manufacturer not more than $500 and a retail licensee may purchase from, rent from, borrow, or receive by gift from a manufacturer any service or article of property costing the manufacturer not more than $500. (d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, with the prior approval of the Board, a manufacturer may sell, give, rent, or loan to a retail licensee computer equipment for the purpose of tracking the sale or delivery of alcoholic beverages. CREDIT(S) (Jan. 24, 1934, 48 Stat. 330, ch. 4, 18; Aug. 27, 1935, 49 Stat. 902, ch. 756, 15; Sept. 29, 1982, D.C. Law 4-157, 10, 15, 29 DCR 3617; Mar. 8, 1984, D.C. Law 5-51, 2(b)(6), 30 DCR 5927; May 3, 2001, D.C. Law 13-298, 101, 48 DCR 2959; Sept. 30, 2004, D.C. Law 15-187, 101(aa), 51 DCR 6525.) HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
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D.C. Law 13-298 amended and enacted into law Title 25 of the District of Columbia Official Code. The text of this section is derived from provisions formerly found in D.C. Code 25-119. Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., 25-735. 1973 Ed., 25-119. Effect of Amendments D.C. Law 15-187, in subsecs. (b) and (c), deleted wholesale or preceding retail licensee; and added subsec. (d). Legislative History of Laws For D.C. Law 13-298, see notes following 25-101. For legislative history of D.C. Law 4-157, see Historical and Statutory Notes following 25-101. For legislative history of D.C. Law 5-51, see Historical and Statutory Notes following 25-206. For Law 15-187, see notes following 25-101. DC CODE 25-735 Current through January 11, 2012 Copyright (C) 2012 By the District of Columbia. All Rights Reserved. END OF DOCUMENT

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