Bill Text: TX HB2098 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to allowing certain wholesalers and distributors to purchase beer, ale, and malt liquor from the holder of a brewpub license.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-25 - House appoints conferees-reported [HB2098 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2098-Comm_Sub.html
By: Geren (Senate Sponsor - Watson) | H.B. No. 2098 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2017; | ||
May 2, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & | ||
Commerce; May 15, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable | ||
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; | ||
May 15, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2098 | By: Hancock |
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relating to allowing certain wholesalers and distributors to | ||
purchase beer, ale, and malt liquor from the holder of a brewpub | ||
license. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 19.01, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 19.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. The holder of a | ||
wholesaler's permit may: | ||
(1) purchase and import liquor from distillers, | ||
brewers, wineries, wine bottlers, rectifiers, and manufacturers | ||
who are holders of nonresident seller's permits or from their | ||
agents who hold manufacturer's agents permits; | ||
(2) purchase ale and malt liquor from holders of | ||
brewpub licenses; | ||
(3) purchase liquor from other wholesalers in the | ||
state; | ||
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which it is received to retailers and wholesalers in this state | ||
authorized to sell the liquor; | ||
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state; and | ||
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private club registration permit. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 21.01, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. The holder of a local | ||
class B wholesaler's permit may: | ||
(1) purchase and import malt and vinous liquors from | ||
brewers, wineries, rectifiers, and wine manufacturers and bottlers | ||
who are holders of nonresident seller's permits and from their | ||
agents who are holders of manufacturer's agent permits; | ||
(2) purchase malt and vinous liquors from holders of | ||
brewer's permits, holders of brewpub licenses, and [ |
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wholesalers in the state; | ||
(3) sell the malt and vinous liquors, in the original | ||
containers in which the permit holder [ |
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general and local class B wholesaler's permittees and, in the | ||
permit holder's [ |
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permittees and retailers, including mixed beverage permittees and | ||
daily temporary mixed beverage permittees; and | ||
(4) sell ale and malt liquor to a holder of a private | ||
club registration permit. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 65.01(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The holder of a local distributor's license may: | ||
(1) receive beer in unbroken original packages from | ||
manufacturers and brewpubs and from general, branch, or local | ||
distributors; | ||
(2) sell and distribute beer in the unbroken original | ||
packages in which it is received: | ||
(A) to the following, if located in the county of | ||
the licensee's residence: local distributor permittees, permittees | ||
or licensees authorized to sell to ultimate consumers, private club | ||
registration permittees, authorized outlets located on any | ||
installation of the national military establishment, or qualified | ||
persons for shipment and consumption outside the state; or | ||
(B) to other licensed distributors in the state; | ||
and | ||
(3) serve free beer for consumption on the licensed | ||
premises. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 74.10(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) In addition to the activities authorized by Section | ||
74.01, the holder of a brewpub license may sell ale and malt liquor | ||
to the holder of a wholesaler's permit, a general class B | ||
wholesaler's permit, or a local class B wholesaler's permit. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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