H.B. No. 2582 AN ACT relating to the repeal of the partial tax exemption for certain beer. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 203.08, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is repealed. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not affect tax liability accruing before the effective date of this Act. That liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been enacted, and the former law is continued in effect for the collection of taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of the liability for those taxes. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2582 was passed by the House on April 18, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 2, 1 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2582 was passed by the Senate on May 19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor