§281-102.5  Purchasing from otherthan primary source of supply; penalty.  (a)  No licensee authorized toimport liquor into this State shall order, purchase, or receive liquor forresale unless the licensee orders, purchases or receives it from the primarysource of supply for the brand of liquor sought to be sold.  No licenseeauthorized to import liquor into this State may sell liquor purchased orreceived by the licensee to any person if the liquor has not been purchased orreceived by the licensee from the primary source of supply.

(b)  No supplier shall solicit, accept or fillany order for any liquor from any licensee authorized to import liquor intothis State unless the supplier is the primary source of supply for the brand ofliquor sold or sought to be sold.

(c)  The commission or board shall revoke for aperiod of not less than six months the license of any manufacturer, rectifier,wholesaler, retailer, or other licensee who violates, directly or indirectly,the provisions of this section.  The penalty prescribed in this section iscumulative and in addition to any other penalties prescribed in this chapter.

(d)  For purposes of this section,"primary source of supply" means:

(1)  The manufacturer of the liquor, if the liquor canbe secured directly from the manufacturer by United States wholesalers, or

(2)  The rectifier, the owner of the liquor at thetime it becomes a marketable product, the bottler, the importer, or theexclusive agent of any such person, who, if the liquor cannot be secured fromthe manufacturer by United States wholesalers, is the source closest to themanufacturer in the chain of distribution from whom the product can be securedby the United States wholesalers. [L 1983, c 293, §1; am L 1998, c 249, §17]