                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTAIN INFORMATION NOT TO BE MADE PUBLIC (§ 4.1-118)

Neither the Board nor its employees shall divulge any information regarding (i)
financial reports or records required pursuant to § 4.1-114; (ii) the purchase
orders and invoices for beer and wine filed with the Board by wholesale beer and
wine licensees; or (iii) beer and wine taxes collected from, refunded to, or
adjusted for any person. The provisions of § 58.1-3 shall apply, mutatis
mutandis, to beer and wine taxes collected pursuant to this subtitle and to
purchase orders and invoices for beer and wine filed with the Board by wholesale
beer and wine licensees.
		Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the use or release of such
information or documents by the Board to any governmental or law-enforcement
agency, or when considering the granting, denial, revocation, or suspension of a
license or permit, or the assessment of any penalty against a licensee or
permittee.
		Nor shall this section prohibit the Board or its employees from compiling and
disseminating to any member of the public aggregate statistical information
pertaining to (i) malt beverage excise tax collection as long as such
information does not reveal or disclose excise tax collection from any
identified licensee; (ii) the total quantities of wine sold or shipped into the
Commonwealth by each out-of-state winery, distributor, or importer for resale in
the Commonwealth by wholesale wine licensees collectively; (iii) the total
amount of wine sales in the Commonwealth by wholesale wine licensees
collectively; or (iv) the total amount of purchases or sales submitted by
licensees as required pursuant to § 4.1-114, provided such information does not
identify the licensee.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 261, § 4-145; 1993, c. 866; 1994, c. 179.