16-3-401. Short title -- public policy -- purpose. (1) This part may be cited as the "Wine Distribution Act".
     (2) The public policy of the state of Montana is to maintain a system to provide for, regulate, and control the acquisition, importation, and distribution of table wine by licensed table wine distributors.
     (3) This part governs relationships between suppliers and table wine distributors, and because the legislature recognizes the public interest and the interests of suppliers and table wine distributors in the fair, efficient, and competitive distribution of table wine, this part is intended to:
     (a) protect the table wine distributor's independence in managing the distributor's business, including the establishment of selling prices; and
     (b) encourage table wine distributors to devote their best efforts to the sale and distribution of the table wines they sell and distribute.

     History: En. Sec. 1, I.M. No. 81, app. Nov. 7, 1978; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 699, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 68, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 314, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 530, L. 1995.