ORS 471.400: Exceptions to prohibition of financial assistance; rules.

(1)(a) Notwithstanding ORS 471.394 and 471.398, a manufacturer or wholesaler may lease or furnish picnic pumps, cold plates, tubs, refrigerated trailers, refrigerated vans and refrigerated draft systems to a retail licensee if: (A) The equipment is leased or furnished for a special event; (B) A reasonable rental or service fee is charged for the equipment; and (C) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the period that the equipment is leased or furnished does not exceed 14 days. (b) The maximum period for which equipment may be leased or furnished under this subsection may be extended by periods that are reasonable for the equipment to be set up at or removed from the site of the special event. (2) Notwithstanding ORS 471.394 and 471.398, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission may specify by rule the manner and circumstances under which a manufacturer or wholesaler may provide products and services to a nonprofit special licensee. (3)(a) Notwithstanding ORS 471.394 and 471.398, the commission shall allow the sale of nonalcoholic products in the manner in which the nonalcoholic product is sold by a manufacturer or wholesaler not licensed by the commission. The commission may limit merchandising practices involving nonalcoholic products if the commission finds that the limitations are necessary to prevent abuses of ORS 471.394 and 471.398 by the industry as a whole. (b) Any fixtures, equipment or furnishings provided by a manufacturer or wholesaler in furtherance of the sale of nonalcoholic products may not be used by the retail licensee to store, service, display, advertise, furnish or sell, or aid in the sale of, alcoholic products regulated by the commission. All fixtures, equipment or furnishings described in this subsection must be identified by the retail licensee as being furnished by a licensed manufacturer or wholesaler. [1995 c.301 §80; 2021 c.180 §13; 2021 c.351 §96]