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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 5400         </title>
<shortdesc>BEER INDUSTRY-PAY COMPENSATION</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Ann Williams</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>12/3/2014</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>815 ILCS 720/7</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 43, par. 307</aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends provisions of the Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act setting forth conditions under which a brewer shall pay reasonable compensation to a wholesaler if a brewer cancels, terminates, or fails to renew an agreement or unlawfully denies approval of, or unreasonably withholds consent to, an assignment, transfer, or sale of a wholesaler's business assets or voting stock or other equity securities, the brewer elects expedited binding arbitration, the wholesaler rejects the offer to arbitrate, and other conditions exist. Provides that a brewer shall, in good faith, make a payment of reasonable compensation to the wholesaler if the wholesaler retains a brand for 6 months (rather than 2 years) after the wholesaler rejects the offer to arbitrate and other conditions are met. Effective immediately.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/10/2014</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ann Williams</action>
<statusdate>2/11/2014</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/11/2014</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/27/2014</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Executive Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/28/2014</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>12/3/2014</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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