Here’s what we’ve done to safeguard your business:

• Helped defeat proposals to increase the state excise tax on beer.
• Helped defeat legislation that would have decreased a licensee’s right of appeal.
• Defeated legislation to allow credit sales among licensees.
• Kept mandatory deposit bills and referendums bottled up.
• Blocked legislation to legalize interstate sales of beer.
• Eliminated language from a bill to permit food stores to sell candy that contains liquor.
• Lobbied against legislation to privatize our state store system to benefit only big business.
• Revised the bad check reporting rules.
• Helped secure injunctive relief in federal court against mail-order beer clubs.
• Blocked legislation to allow licenses to be transferred out of county.
• Helped defeat attempts to impose additional restrictions on beer advertising.
• Helped to eliminate the surety bond requirement.
• Assisted in having written opinions of the PLCB made binding on the State Police BLCE.
• Drafted and secured passage of false ID legislation.
• By the Wilsbach decision, secured exemptions for distributors from paying mercantile taxes.
• Blocked legislation to reverse the Wilsbach decision.
• Drafted and secured passage of the Franchise Law.
• Drafted and secured passage of the Territorial Law.
• Promoted and participated in alcohol education and awareness programs.
• Helped to eliminate Special Occupation Tax.