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wholesale licensee or retail licensee may not refuse to
do business with or otherwise limit business with another
manufacturer, wholesale licensee or retail licensee for
declining to pay for beer or wine by electronic funds
transfer;

 
(2)__When electronic funds transfer is the form of
payment, the form of payment must be noted on the
invoice at the time of delivery and acknowledged in
writing by the buyer or the buyer's employee.__The note
on the invoice constitutes an irrevocable promise to
pay.__All parties to electronic funds transfer
transactions will maintain records of those
transactions for 2 years from the date of the
transaction and make those records available for
inspection by the bureau upon request;

 
(3)__Initiation of the electronic funds transfer must
occur on the next business day after the delivery of
the product;

 
(4)__Parties engaging in electronic funds transfers
under this section pay their own costs associated with
electronic funds transfers; and

 
(5)__Any electronic funds transfer transaction that is
not completed due to insufficient funds is subject to
the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code.

 
1-B.__Sales on credit.__Credit may be extended:

 
A.__By a hotel or club to bona fide registered guests or
members;

 
B.__By a hotel or Class A restaurant to the holder of a
credit card that authorizes the holder to charge goods or
credits; and

 
C.__By an on-premises licensee to the host of a private,
prearranged function without a credit card.

 
1-C.__Right of action.__A right of action does not exist to
collect claims for credits extended contrary to this section.

 
1-D.__Credit for deposits.__This section does not prohibit a
licensee from giving credit to a purchaser for the actual amount
of the deposit on beverage containers as defined in Title 32,
section 1862, subsection 2 or on the packages or original
containers as a credit on any sale or from paying the amount


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