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ACT No. 278
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 192
BY REPRESENTATIVE GAINES
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 26:148(A), relative to the sale of alcoholic beverages; to provide
3 for methods of payment; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 26:148(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
6 ยง148. Cash or short-term credit sales only Form of payment; timely payment;
7 penalty for violation
8 A. No manufacturer or wholesale dealer shall sell, offer to sell, or deliver
9 any alcoholic beverage to any retail dealer in this state, and no retail dealer in
10 alcoholic beverages shall buy or accept delivery for any such beverage, for any
11 consideration other than cash or on terms requiring payment not later than the
12 fifteenth day following that on which actual delivery is made, or by credit card
13 payment where the credit card discount fees or merchant fees are added to the cost
14 of the transaction as a convenience fee and the fees are paid by the retailer. If any
15 payment is not made punctually when due, the vendor shall immediately notify the
16 commissioner thereof and the commissioner shall promptly notify all manufacturers
17 and wholesale dealers in the state of the default and thereafter no person shall sell
18 any alcoholic beverage to the retailer in default on any other terms than cash
19 delivery, until otherwise authorized by the commissioner. Under penalty of
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1 suspension of his permit, the retailer who is in default shall pay his obligation in full
2 within thirty days from the date it became due.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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