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Indiana Code Title 7.1. Alcohol and Tobacco § 7.1-5-5-11

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 11. (a) Except as provided in subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), it is unlawful for a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages or a permittee authorized to sell and deliver alcoholic beverages to:

(1) give to another permittee who purchases alcoholic beverages from the manufacturer or permittee a gift;  or

(2) except as provided in IC 7.1-3-2-9 and IC 7.1-3-3-5(f), have a business dealing with the other permittee.

(b) This section does not apply to the sale and delivery and collection of the sale price of an alcoholic beverage in the ordinary course of business.

(c) If the promotional program is approved under the rules adopted by the commission and is conducted in all wholesaler establishments through which the manufacturer distributes alcoholic beverages in Indiana, a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages may award bona fide promotional prizes and awards to any of the following:

(1) A person with a wholesaler's permit issued under IC 7.1-3.

(2) An employee of a person with a wholesaler's permit issued under IC 7.1-3.

(d) A manufacturer may offer on a nondiscriminatory basis bona fide incentives to wholesalers when the incentives are determined based on sales to retailers or dealers occurring during specified times for specified products.  The incentive may be conditioned on the wholesaler selling a:

(1) specified product at a specified price or less than a specified price;  or

(2) minimum quantity of a specified product to a single customer in a single transaction.

The incentive may not be conditioned on a wholesaler having total sales of a minimum quantity of a specified product during the applicable period.

(e) A manufacturer or a permittee authorized to sell and deliver alcoholic beverages may provide entertainment and professional and educational expenses to another permittee, unless the entertainment or professional and educational expenses are provided in exchange for an agreement to directly or indirectly purchase alcoholic beverages from a:

(1) manufacturer;  or

(2) permittee authorized to sell and deliver alcoholic beverages;

to the exclusion, in whole or in part, of alcoholic beverages sold or delivered by another manufacturer or a permittee authorized to sell and deliver alcoholic beverages.

(f) As used in this subsection, “permittee” means a person listed in IC 7.1-3-6.1-5(1).  A qualified organization that is a permittee may receive or accept donations of alcoholic beverages from a permittee for any event conducted by the qualified organization in compliance with:

(1) IC 7.1-3-6.1;

(2) IC 7.1-3-6.2;  or

(3) IC 7.1-3-6.3.

(g) A person who knowingly or intentionally violates this section commits a Class A misdemeanor.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Indiana Code Title 7.1. Alcohol and Tobacco § 7.1-5-5-11 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-7-1-alcohol-and-tobacco/in-code-sect-7-1-5-5-11/

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