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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the permit required to transport alcoholic beverages |
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between certain permitted premises; authorizing a fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.38(d), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) The following are exempt from the fee authorized in this |
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section: |
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(1) agent's, airline beverage, passenger train |
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beverage, industrial, carrier's, private carrier's, private club |
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registration, local cartage, cartage, storage, and temporary wine |
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and beer retailer's permits; |
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(2) a wine and beer retailer's permit issued for a |
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dining, buffet, or club car; and |
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(3) a mixed beverage permit during the three-year |
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period following the issuance of the permit. |
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SECTION 2. Section 22.08, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 22.08. TRANSFER OF BEVERAGES. (a) The owner of more |
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than one package store who is also the holder of a local cartage |
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permit may transfer alcoholic beverages between any of the owner's |
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permitted [his licensed] premises in the same county between the |
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hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. on any day when the sale of those |
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beverages is legal, subject to rules prescribed by the commission. |
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(b) The owner of more than one package store who is also the |
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holder of a cartage permit may transfer alcoholic beverages between |
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any of the owner's permitted premises between the hours of 7 a.m. |
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and 9 p.m. on any day when the sale of those beverages is legal, |
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subject to rules prescribed by the commission. |
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SECTION 3. Subtitle A, Title 3, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 43A to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 43A. CARTAGE PERMIT |
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Sec. 43A.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. A package store |
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permittee who also holds a cartage permit may transfer alcoholic |
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beverages in accordance with Section 22.08. |
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Sec. 43A.02. FEE. The annual state fee for a cartage permit |
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is $30. |
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Sec. 43A.03. ELIGIBILITY FOR PERMIT. The commission may |
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issue a cartage permit to a holder of a package store permit. |
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Sec. 43A.04. VEHICLES USED BY PERMITTEE. (a) No cartage |
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permittee may transport liquor unless: |
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(1) a description of each vehicle used in the |
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transportation, as required by the commission, has been submitted |
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to the commission; and |
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(2) each vehicle has been plainly marked or lettered |
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to indicate that it is being used for the transportation of liquor |
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by a cartage permittee. |
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(b) The transportation of liquor by a permittee in a vehicle |
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not described and marked in accordance with this section is a |
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violation of this code and is a ground for the cancellation of the |
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permit. |
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Sec. 43A.05. CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION PROHIBITED. No holder |
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of a cartage permit may for hire transport liquor in this state. |
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Sec. 43A.06. VIOLATION OF CODE, RULE. If a holder of a |
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cartage permit who also holds a package store permit violates any |
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provision of this code or any rule or regulation of the commission, |
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the violation is a ground for the suspension or cancellation of any |
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or all permits or licenses held by that person for the premises |
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where the offense was committed. |
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SECTION 4. Section 204.01(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) No bond is required of a holder of a mixed beverage, |
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private club registration, carriers, local cartage, cartage, wine |
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and beer retailers, nonresident seller's, manufacturer's agent's, |
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or agent's permit. |
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SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to the transport of an alcoholic beverage on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. The transport of an alcoholic beverage before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed |
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immediately before that date, and that law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |