4.1-118 - Certain information not to be made public.

§ 4.1-118. Certain information not to be made public.

Neither the Board nor its employees shall divulge any information regarding(i) financial reports or records required pursuant to § 4.1-114; (ii) thepurchase orders and invoices for beer and wine filed with the Board bywholesale beer and wine licensees; or (iii) beer and wine taxes collectedfrom, refunded to, or adjusted for any person. The provisions of § 58.1-3shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to beer and wine taxes collected pursuant tothis title and to purchase orders and invoices for beer and wine filed withthe Board by wholesale beer and wine licensees.

Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the use or release of suchinformation or documents by the Board to any governmental or law-enforcementagency, or when considering the granting, denial, revocation, or suspensionof a license or permit, or the assessment of any penalty against a licenseeor permittee.

Nor shall this section prohibit the Board or its employees from compiling anddisseminating to any member of the public aggregate statistical informationpertaining to (i) malt beverage excise tax collection as long as suchinformation does not reveal or disclose excise tax collection from anyidentified licensee; (ii) the total quantities of wine sold or shipped intothe Commonwealth by each out-of-state winery, distributor, or importer forresale in the Commonwealth by wholesale wine licensees collectively; (iii)the total amount of wine sales in the Commonwealth by wholesale winelicensees collectively; or (iv) the total amount of purchases or salessubmitted by licensees as required pursuant to § 4.1-114, provided suchinformation does not identify the licensee.

(1988, c. 261, § 4-145; 1993, c. 866; 1994, c. 179.)