{"law_id":"790605","section_number":"4.1-515","catch_line":"Waiver prohibited; conflicts of laws","history":"1978, c. 579, \u00a7 4-118.16; 1989, c. 272; 1993, c. 866.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/4.1-515\/","refers_to":false,"url":"\/4.1-515\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-515","structure":{"1":{"id":"362","name":"Beer Franchise Act","identifier":"5","label":"chapter","url":"\/4.1\/5\/"},"2":{"id":"231","name":"Alcoholic Beverage Control Act","identifier":"4.1","label":"title","url":"\/4.1\/"}},"referred_to_by":false,"edition_id":"11","section_id":"790605","structure_id":"362","full_text":"A No brewery shall require any wholesaler to waive compliance with any provision of this chapter.  Any contract or agreement purporting to do so is void and unenforceable to the extent of the waiver or variance.  Nothing in this chapter shall limit or prohibit good faith settlements of disputes voluntarily entered into between the parties.\r\rB Any contract between a brewery and a beer wholesaler pursuant to which the wholesaler is to market the brewery’s products in the Commonwealth shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth as the place of performance notwithstanding the fact that such contract may have been made in another state or the fact that such contract may provide that it is to be governed by the laws of another state.\r\r","text":{"0":{"id":"2550993","text":"No brewery shall require any wholesaler to waive compliance with any provision of this chapter.  Any contract or agreement purporting to do so is void and unenforceable to the extent of the waiver or variance.  Nothing in this chapter shall limit or prohibit good faith settlements of disputes voluntarily entered into between the parties.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1},"1":{"id":"2550994","text":"Any contract between a brewery and a beer wholesaler pursuant to which the wholesaler is to market the brewery’s products in the Commonwealth shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth as the place of performance notwithstanding the fact that such contract may have been made in another state or the fact that such contract may provide that it is to be governed by the laws of another state.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"362","name":"Beer Franchise Act","identifier":"5","label":"chapter","url":"\/4.1\/5\/"},"2":{"id":"231","name":"Alcoholic Beverage Control Act","identifier":"4.1","label":"title","url":"\/4.1\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"788912","structure_id":"362","section_number":"4.1-500","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/4.1-500\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-500"},"1":{"id":"771137","structure_id":"362","section_number":"4.1-501","catch_line":"Applicability","url":"\/4.1-501\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-501"},"2":{"id":"781458","structure_id":"362","section_number":"4.1-502","catch_line":"No inducement or coercion","url":"\/4.1-502\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-502"},"3":{"id":"781545","structure_id":"362","section_number":"4.1-503","catch_line":"Sales territory","url":"\/4.1-503\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-503"},"4":{"id":"793206","structure_id":"362","section_number":"4.1-504","catch_line":"Sale of brewery","url":"\/4.1-504\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-504"},"5":{"id":"779360","structure_id":"362","section_number":"4.1-505","catch_line":"Cancellation","url":"\/4.1-505\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-505"},"6":{"id":"775462","structure_id":"362","section_number":"4.1-506","catch_line":"Notice of intent to terminate","url":"\/4.1-506\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-506"},"7":{"id":"779981","structure_id":"362","section_number":"4.1-507","catch_line":"Transfer of business","url":"\/4.1-507\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-507"},"8":{"id":"790891","structure_id":"362","section_number":"4.1-508","catch_line":"Remedies","url":"\/4.1-508\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-508"},"9":{"id":"765194","structure_id":"362","section_number":"4.1-509","catch_line":"Board proceedings and appellate review","url":"\/4.1-509\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-509"},"10":{"id":"781420","structure_id":"362","section_number":"4.1-509.1","catch_line":"Board proceedings; contemplated actions by brewery or wholesaler","url":"\/4.1-509.1\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-509.1"},"11":{"id":"777514","structure_id":"362","section_number":"4.1-510","catch_line":"Price of product","url":"\/4.1-510\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-510"},"12":{"id":"777133","structure_id":"362","section_number":"4.1-511","catch_line":"Increase of prices","url":"\/4.1-511\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-511"},"13":{"id":"767814","structure_id":"362","section_number":"4.1-512","catch_line":"Retaliatory action prohibited","url":"\/4.1-512\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-512"},"14":{"id":"779477","structure_id":"362","section_number":"4.1-513","catch_line":"Management","url":"\/4.1-513\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-513"},"15":{"id":"782414","structure_id":"362","section_number":"4.1-514","catch_line":"Discrimination prohibited","url":"\/4.1-514\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-514"},"16":{"id":"790605","structure_id":"362","section_number":"4.1-515","catch_line":"Waiver prohibited; conflicts of laws","url":"\/4.1-515\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-515"},"17":{"id":"765819","structure_id":"362","section_number":"4.1-516","catch_line":"Right of free association","url":"\/4.1-516\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-516"},"18":{"id":"768973","structure_id":"362","section_number":"4.1-517","catch_line":"Reasonableness and good faith","url":"\/4.1-517\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-517"}},"previous_section":{"id":"782414","structure_id":"362","section_number":"4.1-514","catch_line":"Discrimination prohibited","url":"\/4.1-514\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-514"},"next_section":{"id":"765819","structure_id":"362","section_number":"4.1-516","catch_line":"Right of free association","url":"\/4.1-516\/","token":"4.1\/5\/4.1-516"},"references":false,"formats":{"txt":"\/4.1-515.txt","json":"\/4.1-515.json","xml":"\/4.1-515.xml"},"dublin_core":{"Title":"Waiver prohibited; conflicts of laws","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 4.1-515","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWAIVER PROHIBITED; CONFLICTS OF LAWS (\u00a7 4.1-515)\n\nA. No brewery shall require any wholesaler to waive compliance with any\nprovision of this chapter.  Any contract or agreement purporting to do so is\nvoid and unenforceable to the extent of the waiver or variance.  Nothing in this\nchapter shall limit or prohibit good faith settlements of disputes voluntarily\nentered into between the parties.\n\nB. Any contract between a brewery and a beer wholesaler pursuant to which the\nwholesaler is to market the brewery’s products in the Commonwealth shall\nbe governed by the laws of the Commonwealth as the place of performance\nnotwithstanding the fact that such contract may have been made in another state\nor the fact that such contract may provide that it is to be governed by the laws\nof another state.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 579, \u00a7 4-118.16; 1989, c. 272; 1993, c. 866."}