By: Geren (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) H.B. No. 2104
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 2009;
April 15, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on
Business and Commerce; April 23, 2009, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 23, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the statute of limitations for an action under the Beer
Industry Fair Dealing Law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 102, Alcoholic Beverage
Code, is amended by adding Section 102.82 to read as follows:
Sec. 102.82. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. A person must bring
suit on an action arising under this chapter not later than four
years after the day the cause of action accrues.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of
this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that
date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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