Section 0100-01-.02 - SOLICITATION OF BUSINESS, AND SERVICES RESTRICTED(1) Manufacturer and Importer, Limited to Wholesale Solicitation. (a) No manufacturer, importer or representative thereof shall solicit orders of alcoholic beverages or wine in any manner from anyone in this state except from those holding wholesale liquor licenses.(b) No manufacturer, importer, or representative thereof shall perform or provide any service whatsoever for a licensee hereunder, or his employee in this state, whether on or away from the licensed premises. No manufacturer, importer, or representative thereof shall enter the premises of any licensee hereunder, except as a bona fide customer.(c) No manufacturer, importer, or representative thereof shall give anything of value whatsoever, including but not limited to alcoholic beverages and money, to any Tennessee retail licensee or his employee whether on or away from the retail premises. Furthermore, no manufacturer, importer, or representative thereof may take into any licensed premises hereunder any alcoholic beverages in any quantity.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0100-01-.02
Original rule certified June 7, 1974. Amendment filed September 9, 1983: effective October 11, 1983. Amendment repealing and replacing the rule was filed March 10, 2010; effective June 8, 2010. Repeal and new rules filed January 25, 2019; to have become effective April 25, 2019. However, the Government Operations Committee filed a 60-day stay of the effective date of the rules; new effective date 6/24/2019.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 57-1-209, 57-3-104, 57-3-202, 57-3-405, and 57-818.