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NE Code § 53-1,113 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-1,113 - Search warrant; sale of property seized; procedure; destruction, when required.

53-1,113.  Search warrant; sale of property seized; procedure; destruction, when required.(1) It shall be the duty of the officer who has seized and is holding any of the property mentioned in section 53-1,111 to make application to the court on final determination of any prosecution arising under such search and seizure, and in which such prosecution has been commenced or prosecuted, for an order to sell such property. The court, if satisfied that the property so seized and held was at the time of its seizure being kept or used, or was fit for use in the unlawful manufacture or production of alcoholic liquor, shall make an order that (a) the commission dispose of any alcoholic liquor in accordance with the Nebraska Liquor Control Act and (b) any other property and effects be sold by such officer subject to the time, place, manner, and notice of such sale set by the order.(2) Nothing contained in the Nebraska Liquor Control Act shall be considered to authorize the sale of any alcoholic liquor unlawfully manufactured fit for human consumption which comes into the possession of any officer or the commission by seizure, confiscation, or forfeiture under the provisions of the act without the payment of all taxes and inspection fees required by the laws of this state and of the United States, and all such unlawfully manufactured alcoholic liquor which is unfit for human consumption shall be destroyed.(3) The commission shall destroy alcoholic liquor which is unfit for human consumption and may sell alcoholic liquor, when directed by order of the court, at the time, place, and manner the commission determines to be in the public interest and subject to the taxes and inspection fees required by the laws of this state and of the United States.Source   Laws 1935, c. 116, § 80, p. 416;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 53-380;   R.S.1943, § 53-1,113;   Laws 1994, LB 859, § 19;  Laws 2015, LB330, § 27.
NE Code § 53-1,114 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-1,114 - Transferred to section 53-134.04.

53-1,114.  Transferred to section 53-134.04.
NE Code § 53-1,118 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-1,118 - Transferred to section 53-101.05.

53-1,118.  Transferred to section 53-101.05.
NE Code § 53-1,119 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-1,119 - Local law, ordinance, resolution, or rule; penalty for drinking or intoxication; prohibited.

53-1,119.  Local law, ordinance, resolution, or rule; penalty for drinking or intoxication; prohibited.(1) No county, municipality, or other political subdivision may adopt or enforce a local law, ordinance, resolution, or rule having the force of law that includes drinking, being a common drunkard, or being found in an intoxicated condition as one of the elements of the offense giving rise to a criminal or civil penalty or sanction.(2) No county, municipality, or other political subdivision may interpret or apply any law of general application to circumvent subsection (1) of this section.Source  Laws 1978, LB 593, § 2.
NE Code § 53-1,120 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-1,120 - Alcohol-related offenses; law, ordinance, resolution, or rule; effect.

53-1,120.  Alcohol-related offenses; law, ordinance, resolution, or rule; effect.(1) Nothing in sections 53-1,119, 53-1,120, and 60-679 shall affect any law, ordinance, resolution, or rule against drunken driving, driving under the influence of alcohol, or other similar offense involving the operation of a vehicle, aircraft, boat, machinery, or other equipment or regarding the sale, purchase, dispensing, possessing, or use of alcoholic beverages at stated times and places or by a particular class of persons.(2) The fact that a person is intoxicated or incapacitated by alcohol shall not prevent such person from being arrested or prosecuted for the commission of any criminal act or conduct not enumerated in subsection (1) of this section.(3) No provision of such sections shall prevent such person from being taken into custody under the provisions of the Nebraska Mental Health Commitment Act as an alcoholic person who presents the risks enumerated in section 71-908.(4) Nothing in sections 53-1,119, 53-1,120, and 60-679 shall be construed as a limitation upon the right of a police officer to make an otherwise legal arrest, even though the arrested person may be intoxicated or incapacitated by alcohol.Source   Laws 1978, LB 593, § 3;   Laws 1993, LB 370, § 45;  Laws 2004, LB 1083, § 99.  Cross References  Nebraska Mental Health Commitment Act, see section 71-901.
NE Code § 53-1,120.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-1,120.01 - County resolution or city ordinance prohibiting smoking; not applicable to cigar shops.

53-1,120.01.  County resolution or city ordinance prohibiting smoking; not applicable to cigar shops.No county resolution or city ordinance that prohibits smoking in indoor areas shall apply to cigar shops.Source  Laws 2009, LB355, § 5;  Laws 2015, LB118, § 7.
NE Code § 53-1,122 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-1,122 - Compliance checks; participation by minors; when.

53-1,122.  Compliance checks; participation by minors; when.In order to further the public policy of deterring minors from illegally obtaining or consuming alcoholic liquor, persons under twenty-one years of age may be authorized to assist duly authorized law enforcement officers to determine compliance with sections 53-180 and 53-180.02. Such compliance checks shall be conducted pursuant to guidelines adopted and promulgated by the Nebraska State Patrol with input from the commission. Unless a person is an emancipated minor at least eighteen years of age, no person under twenty-one years of age shall be authorized to participate or assist law enforcement officers in such compliance checks without the written consent of his or her parents or legal guardian.Source Laws 2001, LB 114, § 7.
NE Code § 53-201 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-201 - Purpose of sections.

53-201.  Purpose of sections.The purpose of sections 53-201 to 53-223 is to provide fair, efficient, and competitive distribution of beer by (1) regulating the termination, expiration, and renewal of distribution agreements between beer suppliers and beer wholesalers, (2) promoting a distribution system in which each beer wholesaler will devote reasonable efforts and resources to sales, distribution, and quality control of the beer it sells, (3) promoting the continued availability of good quality beer for the consumers of Nebraska through orderly marketing and vigorous interbrand competition, (4) preventing a beer supplier from unfairly depriving a beer wholesaler of the value of the investment the wholesaler made in its business in terms of money, time, effort, and skill, and (5) controlling the sale of malt beverages in this state and facilitating the lawful and orderly marketing of malt beverages pursuant to the police powers of this state.Source  Laws 1989, LB 371, § 1.
NE Code § 53-202 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-202 - Definitions, where found.

53-202.  Definitions, where found.For purposes of sections 53-201 to 53-223, the definitions found in sections 53-203 to 53-215 shall be used.Source  Laws 1989, LB 371, § 2.
NE Code § 53-203 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-203 - Advertising, defined.

53-203.  Advertising, defined.Advertising shall mean the commercial use of media forms used to make consumers aware of or familiar with the supplier's trademark, trade name, logo, slogan, colors, signs, or product. The term media forms shall include, but not be limited to, television, radio, newspaper, billboards, and point-of-sale signs produced by the supplier for use by the wholesaler. The terms promote, promotional, promotion, market, and marketing shall be considered separate and distinct from advertising in meaning and application.Source  Laws 1989, LB 371, § 3.
NE Code § 53-204 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-204 - Agreement, defined.

53-204.  Agreement, defined.Agreement shall mean any agreement between a wholesaler and a supplier, whether oral or written, by which a wholesaler is granted the right to purchase and sell a brand or brands of beer sold by a supplier.Source  Laws 1989, LB 371, § 4.
NE Code § 53-205 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-205 - Ancillary business, defined.

53-205.  Ancillary business, defined.Ancillary business shall mean a business owned by a wholesaler, by a substantial stockholder of a wholesaler, by a substantial partner of a wholesaler, or by a substantial member of a limited liability company, the primary business of which is directly related to the transporting, storing, or marketing of the brand or brands of beer of a supplier with whom the wholesaler has an agreement, or a business owned by a wholesaler, by a substantial stockholder of a wholesaler, by a substantial partner of a wholesaler, or by a substantial member of a limited liability company which recycles empty beverage containers.Source   Laws 1989, LB 371, § 5;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 322.
NE Code § 53-206 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-206 - Control of a wholesaler's business, defined.

53-206.  Control of a wholesaler's business, defined.Control of a wholesaler's business shall mean that combination of ownership interests which legally or in practical effect has the power to determine the policies under which the wholesaler's business shall be operated and shall include, but not be limited to, any change of ownership of twenty-five percent or more interest in the wholesaler's business or any change in the form of business entity being utilized by the wholesaler, including, but not limited to, a change from a sole proprietorship to a corporation.Source  Laws 1989, LB 371, § 6.
NE Code § 53-207 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-207 - Designated member, defined.

53-207.  Designated member, defined.Designated member shall mean the spouse, child, grandchild, parent, brother, or sister of a deceased individual who owned an interest in a wholesaler who inherits the deceased individual's ownership interest under the terms of the deceased individual's will, who has otherwise succeeded the deceased individual in the wholesaler's business, or who inherits such ownership interest under the laws of intestate succession of this state. With respect to an incapacitated individual having an ownership interest in a wholesaler, the term shall mean the person appointed by the court as the conservator of such individual's property. The term shall also include the appointed and qualified personal representative and the testamentary trustee of a deceased individual having an ownership interest in a wholesaler.Source  Laws 1989, LB 371, § 7.
NE Code § 53-208 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-208 - Good faith, defined.

53-208.  Good faith, defined.Good faith shall mean honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing in the trade.Source   Laws 1989, LB 371, § 8;  Laws 2005, LB 570, § 2.
NE Code § 53-209 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-209 - Reasonable qualifications, defined.

53-209.  Reasonable qualifications, defined.Reasonable qualifications shall mean the standard of the reasonable criteria established and consistently used by the supplier for similarly situated Nebraska wholesalers that entered into, continued, or renewed an agreement with the supplier during a period of twenty-four months prior to the proposed transfer of the wholesaler's business or for similarly situated Nebraska wholesalers who have changed managers or designated managers during a period of twenty-four months prior to the proposed change in the manager or successor manager of the wholesaler's business.Source  Laws 1989, LB 371, § 9.
NE Code § 53-210 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-210 - Retaliatory action, defined.

53-210.  Retaliatory action, defined.Retaliatory action shall include, but not be limited to, the refusal to continue an agreement or a material reduction in the quality of service or quantity of products available to a wholesaler under an agreement, which refusal or reduction is not made in good faith.Source  Laws 1989, LB 371, § 10.
NE Code § 53-211 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-211 - Sales territory, defined.

53-211.  Sales territory, defined.Sales territory shall mean an area of exclusive sales responsibility for the brand or brands and quality thereof granted to a wholesaler by a supplier as designated in an agreement between them.Source  Laws 1989, LB 371, § 11.
NE Code § 53-212 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-212 - Substantial stockholder, substantial partner, and substantial member, defined.

53-212.  Substantial stockholder, substantial partner, and substantial member, defined.Substantial stockholder, substantial partner, or substantial member shall mean a stockholder of, partner in, or member of the wholesaler who owns fifty percent or more of the capital stock of a corporate wholesaler or of the partnership or the limited liability company.Source   Laws 1989, LB 371, § 12;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 323.
NE Code § 53-213 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-213 - Supplier, defined.

53-213.  Supplier, defined.Supplier shall mean a manufacturer or importer of beer licensed by the State of Nebraska.Source  Laws 1989, LB 371, § 13.
NE Code § 53-214 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-214 - Transfer of the wholesaler's business, defined.

53-214.  Transfer of the wholesaler's business, defined.Transfer of the wholesaler's business shall mean the voluntary sale, assignment, or other transfer (1) of all or control of the wholesaler's business, (2) of all or substantially all of the assets of the wholesaler, or (3) of all or control of the capital stock of the wholesaler, including the sale or other transfer of capital stock or assets by merger, consolidation, or dissolution, or of the capital stock of the parent corporation, or of the capital stock or beneficial ownership of any other entity owning or controlling the wholesaler.Source  Laws 1989, LB 371, § 14.
NE Code § 53-215 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-215 - Wholesaler, defined.

53-215.  Wholesaler, defined.Wholesaler shall mean a wholesaler of beer licensed by the State of Nebraska.Source  Laws 1989, LB 371, § 15.
NE Code § 53-217 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-217 - Wholesaler; prohibited acts.

53-217.  Wholesaler; prohibited acts.A wholesaler shall not:(1) Fail to devote such efforts as are required in the agreement between the supplier and wholesaler within the supplier's designated sales territory relating to the sale and distribution of the supplier's brand or brands of beer which the wholesaler has been granted the right to sell or distribute;(2) Sell or deliver beer to a retail licensee located outside the sales territory designated to the wholesaler by the supplier of a particular brand or brands of beer, except that during a period of temporary service interruption impacting a particular sales territory, a wholesaler who normally services the impacted sales territory shall file with the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission and give to the affected supplier written notice designating the specific wholesaler or wholesalers, not disapproved by the supplier, who will service the sales territory during the period of temporary service interruption and the approximate length of time of the service interruption. Each wholesaler designated to temporarily service a sales territory shall be a wholesaler who has a current agreement with a supplier for the brand or brands affected. When the temporary service interruption is over, the wholesaler who normally services the sales territory shall notify the commission, the supplier, and the wholesaler or wholesalers servicing the sales territory on a temporary basis of this fact in writing, and any wholesaler servicing the sales territory on a temporary basis shall cease servicing the sales territory upon receipt of the notice. A wholesaler who is designated to service a sales territory during a period of temporary service shall not be in violation of sections 53-201 to 53-223 and, with respect to the sales territory, shall not have any of the rights provided under sections 53-218 and 53-220; or(3) Transfer his or her business without giving the supplier written notice of intent to transfer the business and, when required by sections 53-201 to 53-223, receiving the supplier's approval for the proposed transfer. Consent or approval from the supplier shall not be required for any transfer of the wholesaler's business to a designated member or any transfer of less than control of the wholesaler's business. The wholesaler shall give the supplier written notice of any change in ownership of the wholesaler.Source  Laws 1989, LB 371, § 17.
NE Code § 53-219 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-219 - Wholesaler's business; transfer; restrictions.

53-219.  Wholesaler's business; transfer; restrictions.(1) Upon written notice of intent to transfer the wholesaler's business, any individual owning or personal representative of a deceased individual who owned an interest in a wholesaler's business may transfer the wholesaler's business to a designated member or to any other person who meets the reasonable qualifications required by the supplier for Nebraska wholesalers. The consent or approval of the supplier shall not be required of any transfer of the wholesaler's business, including the assignment of wholesaler's rights under the agreement, to a designated member except as provided in this subsection and shall not be withheld or unreasonably delayed to a proposed transferee other than a designated member who meets such reasonable qualifications. The supplier shall have the burden of proving that the proposed transferee fails to meet such reasonable qualifications and that the qualifications are consistently applied to Nebraska wholesalers by the supplier. A designated member or transferee shall not be qualified as a transferee without the written approval or consent of the supplier if such proposed transferee:(a) Has been insolvent, has filed a voluntary or involuntary petition under any bankruptcy or receivership law, or has executed an assignment for the benefit of creditors;(b) Has had a license issued under the Nebraska Liquor Control Act revoked or suspended for a period of sixty-one days or more;(c) Has been convicted of a felony under the United States Code or the laws of any state which reasonably may adversely affect the goodwill or interest of the wholesaler or supplier; or(d) Has had an agreement involuntarily canceled, terminated, not renewed, or discontinued by a supplier for good cause.(2) The supplier shall not interfere with, prevent, or unreasonably delay the transfer of the wholesaler's business, including an assignment of wholesaler's rights under the agreement, if the proposed transferee is a designated member or if the transferee other than a designated member meets the reasonable qualifications required by the supplier for Nebraska wholesalers. When the transferee is other than a designated member, the supplier may, in good faith and for good cause related to the reasonable qualifications, refuse to accept the transfer of the wholesaler's business or the assignment of wholesaler's rights under the agreement. The supplier shall have the burden of proving that it has acted in good faith and that there was good cause for failure to accept or consent to the transfer of the wholesaler's business or the assignment of wholesaler's rights under the agreement.Source  Laws 1989, LB 371, § 19. Cross References  Nebraska Liquor Control Act, see section 53-101.
NE Code § 53-220 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-220 - Supplier; violations; compensation to wholesaler.

53-220.  Supplier; violations; compensation to wholesaler.A supplier that, in violation of section 53-218 or 53-219, (1) has amended, modified, canceled, terminated, or refused to renew any agreement, (2) has caused a wholesaler to resign from an agreement, or (3) has interfered with, prevented, or unreasonably delayed or, when required by sections 53-201 to 53-223, has unreasonably withheld or unreasonably delayed consent to or approval of any assignment or transfer of a wholesaler's business shall pay the wholesaler reasonable compensation for the diminished value of the wholesaler's business, including any ancillary business which has been negatively affected by the act of the supplier. The value of the wholesaler's business or ancillary business shall include, but not be limited to, any goodwill. Nothing in such sections shall give rise to a claim against the supplier or wholesaler by any proposed purchaser of the wholesaler's business.Source  Laws 1989, LB 371, § 20.
NE Code § 53-221 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-221 - Wholesaler; waiver of rights prohibited; dispute settlements.

53-221.  Wholesaler; waiver of rights prohibited; dispute settlements.A wholesaler may not waive any of the rights granted in sections 53-201 to 53-223, and the provisions of any agreement which would have such an effect shall be null and void. Nothing in such sections shall be construed to limit or prohibit good faith dispute settlements voluntarily entered into by the parties.Source  Laws 1989, LB 371, § 21.
NE Code § 53-222 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-222 - Applicability of sections; transfer of business; effect on agreements.

53-222.  Applicability of sections; transfer of business; effect on agreements.(1) Sections 53-201 to 53-223 shall apply to agreements in existence on April 18, 1989, and agreements entered into or renewed after such date.(2) A transferee of a wholesaler that continues in business as a wholesaler shall have the benefit of and be bound by all terms and conditions of the agreement with the supplier in effect on the date of the transfer. A transfer of a wholesaler's business which requires the supplier's consent or approval but is disapproved by the supplier shall be null and void.(3) A successor to a supplier that continues in business as a supplier shall be bound by all terms and conditions of each distribution agreement that the predecessor was a party to at the time of transfer with respect to each brand the successor continues to make available for sale in this state.Source  Laws 1989, LB 371, § 22.