Commission's power to issue local industry representative license

(1) (a) Before a person described in Subsection (2) may represent an alcoholic product of a manufacturer, supplier, or importer, the person shall obtain a local industry representative license from the commission in accordance with this part. (b) A violation of this Subsection (1) is a class B misdemeanor. (2) The commission may issue a local industry representative license to a person who is: (a) (i) an individual resident of Utah; (ii) a Utah partnership; (iii) a Utah corporation; or (iv) a Utah limited liability company; and (b) employed by a manufacturer, supplier, or importer, to represent a liquor product with the department, a package agency, licensee, or permittee under this title, whether compensated by salary, commission, or another means. (3) An individual staff member of a local industry representative licensee is not required to be separately licensed. (4) A local industry representative may represent more than one manufacturer, supplier, or importer at a time. (5) (a) A manufacturer, supplier, or importer is not required to use a local industry representative to represent its products with the department, a package agency, licensee, or permittee, except that staff of a manufacturer, supplier, or importer who is not a local industry representative shall register with the department, on a form provided by the department, before the staff represents an alcoholic product while in the state with the department, a package agency, licensee, or permittee. (b) A manufacturer, supplier, or importer described in Subsection (5)(a) and its staff are subject to the same operational requirements of this part and Chapter 4, Criminal Offenses and Procedure Act.