ABC Authority; work group to study tied house provisions, report.

ABC; work group; tied house provisions; report.Directs the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to convene a work group to study the tied house provisions that prevent(i) a restaurant licensed to sell alcoholic beverages at retail inthe Commonwealth that is under common control or ownership with abrewery, limited brewery, winery, farm winery, distiller, or limiteddistiller licensee from selling alcoholic beverages produced by suchbrewery, limited brewery, winery, farm winery, distiller, or limiteddistiller licensee and (ii) a licensee from employing a person whois also employed by a licensee operating in a different tier of theCommonwealth's three-tier alcoholic beverage control system. The bill requires the Authority to report the findings and recommendationsof the work group to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Rehabilitationand Social Services and the House Committee on General Laws by November30, 2020.