                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SOLICITATION BY PERSONS INTERESTED IN MANUFACTURE, ETC., OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES;
PENALTY (§ 4.1-330)

A. No person having any interest, direct or indirect, in the manufacture,
distribution, or sale of spirits or other alcoholic beverages shall, without a
permit granted by the Board and upon such conditions as the Board may prescribe,
solicit either directly or indirectly (i) a mixed beverage licensee; (ii) any
agent, servant, or employee of such licensee; or (iii) any person connected with
the licensee in any capacity whatsoever in his licensed business, to sell or
offer for sale the particular spirits or other alcoholic beverage in which such
person may be so interested.
			The Board, upon proof of any solicitation in violation of this subsection,
may suspend or terminate the sale through government stores or its purchase of
the brand of spirits or other alcoholic beverage which was the subject matter of
the unlawful solicitation or promotion. In addition, the Board may suspend or
terminate the sale through such stores or its purchase of all brands of spirits
or other alcoholic beverages manufactured or distributed by either the employer
or principal of such solicitor, the broker, or by the owner of the brand of
spirits unlawfully solicited or promoted. The Board may impose a civil penalty
not to exceed $250,000 in lieu of such suspension or termination of sales
through government stores or purchases by the Board or portion thereof, or both.
			Any person convicted of a violation of this subsection shall be guilty of a
Class 1 misdemeanor.

B. No mixed beverage licensee or any agent, servant, or employee of such
licensee, or any person connected with the licensee in any capacity whatsoever
in his licensed business shall, either directly or indirectly, be a party to,
consent to, solicit, or aid or abet another in a violation of subsection A.
			The Board may suspend or revoke the license granted to such licensee, or may
impose a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000 in lieu of such suspension or any
portion thereof, or both.
			Any person convicted of a violation of this subsection shall be guilty of a
Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1968, c. 7, § 4-98.16; 1988, c. 786; 1990, c. 442; 1993, c. 866.