H.B. No. 2237
AN ACT
relating to possession by certain alcoholic beverage permit holders
of certain alcoholic beverages for cooking purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.09, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 25.09. POSSESSION OF CERTAIN BEVERAGES PROHIBITED.
(a) Except as provided by this section, a [No] wine and beer
retailer's permittee or an[, nor] officer of the permittee[,] may
not possess distilled spirits or liquor containing alcohol in
excess of 17 percent by volume on the licensed premises.
(b) The commission by rule may allow a wine and beer
retailer's permittee or the permittee's officer to possess and use
alcoholic beverages in excess of 17 percent by volume on the
licensed premises for cooking purposes.
SECTION 2. Section 28.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) The commission by rule may allow the holder of a mixed
beverage permit or an officer, agent, or employee of the permit
holder to possess and use alcoholic beverages that are not covered
by an invoice on the permitted premises for cooking purposes.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2237 was passed by the House on March
31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2237 was passed by the Senate on May
26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor