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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the storage of certain imported alcoholic beverages. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 55.03, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 55.03. ELIGIBILITY FOR PERMIT. A manufacturer's |
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agent's warehousing permit may be issued to an entity: |
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(1) that receives beer, ale, or malt liquor from [of
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which at least 50 percent of the ownership interests are owned by] |
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another entity, or that other entity's immediate successor in |
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interest, that: |
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(A) is located and chartered in the United |
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Mexican States; |
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(B) has held a nonresident manufacturer's |
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license, nonresident brewer's permit, and a nonresident seller's |
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permit for the two years preceding the date of the application; and |
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(C) during each of those two years has shipped or |
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caused to be shipped into this state for ultimate sale to qualified |
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distributors and wholesalers in this state at least one-half |
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million barrels of beer, ale, or malt liquor of the various brands |
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manufactured or brewed by the entity; and |
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(2) whose employees, located in this state or |
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elsewhere, hold permits and licenses issued under Chapters 36 and |
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73 to perform the activities authorized under those chapters on |
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behalf of the entity. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |