Contact Us
Subscribe to this blog via RSS
Join us on LinkedInArchives
Categories
- Coronavirus
- COVID-19
- Senate Bill 99
- House Bill 256
- Intellectual Property
- Agritourism
- HB 136
- Kentucky ABC Board
- S.T.A.R. Training System
- Hospitality
- Hospitality and Tourism Law
- Distilleries
- Legislation
- Alcohol Producers
- False Advertising
- Kentucky minimum wage
- Minimum wage
- Alcoholic Beverage Control Laws
- Three-Tier System
- Alcohol Tourism
- Craft Distilleries
- Craft Producers
- Microbreweries
- Small Farm Wineries
Showing 1 post in Three-Tier System.
The Basics of Alcoholic Beverage Control Laws
I. Introduction
Since the end of Prohibition, states have traditionally dealt with the issue of Alcoholic Beverage Control (“ABC”) laws in one of two ways, either through full state regulation of the sale of alcohol or through a three-tier system of production, distribution and sale. With the abuses of the industry fresh in their minds, policymakers after Prohibition set about finding ways to keep alcohol from becoming a societal problem through careful regulation. In Kentucky, the three-tier system is paramount, and that principle has been consistently affirmed by key court cases and legislation. These materials will provide an overview of the three-tier system in Kentucky with discussions of relevant cases and legislative changes. More >
