{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-244.605","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 244.605","heading":"Prohibition against requiring, requesting, or accepting payment of money","body":"for right to distribute brewer's or importer's malt beverages -- Exception for\nmarketing costs.\n(1) No brewer or importer of malt beverages shall:\n(a) Require or request a distri butor to pay or convey to the brewer or importer;\nnor\n(b) Accept any sum of money;\nin exchange for the right to distribute the product or products of the brewer or\nimporter in a designated territory.\n(2) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a brewer or importer of malt beverages from\nrequesting a distributor to pay or contribute any sum of money for or toward the\ncost of marketing the product or products of the brewer or importer so long as the\nmoney contributed by the distributor is spent by the brewer or importer in a manner\nand at such times as agreed to in writing by the brewer or importer and the\ndistributor.","path":["KRS Chapter 244"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=43444","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:55Z","sha256":"8fe0084876bf2b95ce3825566dbd1ae910494f2f3a46cf3fb0a4d12c32b507cc","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-244.604","next":"us-ky/krs-244.606"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}