Bill Text: TX SB609 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of package store permit holders.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-01 - Left pending in committee [SB609 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB609-Introduced.html

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84R3579 JAM-F
By: Hancock S.B. No. 609

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of package store permit holders.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 22.06. PROHIBITED INTERESTS. (a) Except as otherwise
provided in Section 102.05 of this code and in Subsection (b) of
this section, no person who holds a package store permit or owns an
interest in a package store may have a direct or indirect interest
in any of the following:
(1) a manufacturer's, retail dealer's on-premise, or
general, branch, or local distributor's license;
(2) a wine and beer retailer's[, wine and beer
retailer's off-premise,] or mixed beverage permit; or
(3) the business of any of the permits or licenses
listed in Subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection.
(b) A package store permit and a retail dealer's off-premise
license or a wine and beer retailer's off-premise permit may be
issued to the same person.
SECTION 2. Section 22.14(d), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) Subsections (a) and [,] (b)[, and (c)] shall not apply
to a package store that qualifies for exemption under Section 11.50
or to a package store in a hotel that qualifies for exemption under
Section 102.05.
SECTION 3. Sections 22.04, 22.05, 22.14(c), and 22.16,
Alcoholic Beverage Code, are repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.