By: Murphy (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 2582
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2011;
April 26, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Business and Commerce; May 3, 2011, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 3, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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repealed.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.
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