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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-3 > Chapter-3-10 > 3-10-16SECTION 3-10-16
§ 3-10-16 Reciprocal license andrequirements for importation of malt beverages. – Any person, firm, or corporation located in another state and engaged in thebusiness of manufacturing or selling malt beverages, who transports or causesto be transported malt beverages into this state for sale or consumption inthis state, shall pay an annual fee equal in amount to the license or otherfees which that other state requires to be paid by a person, firm, orcorporation located in this state by reason of the transportation of thosebeverages from this state into that other state or the sale of those beveragesto a person, firm, or corporation located in that other state or otherwise; andshall perform all other duties, including the filing of bonds and certificatesof approval, which that other state requires to be performed by a person, firm,or corporation located in this state as a condition precedent to thetransportation of those beverages from this state into that other state or thesale of those beverages to a person, firm, or corporation located in that otherstate. Whenever an order for the importation of beverages is placed with thedepartment of business regulation under this section, the department shalldetermine what fee or fees must be paid and what other conditions precedentmust be performed under this section by the person, firm, or corporation bywhich that order is placed and to which that order is to be forwarded, andshall refuse to forward that order until the fee or fees have been paid and anyother conditions precedent performed. The fee or fees shall be paid to thegeneral treasurer for the use of the state.
