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| 1 | 1 | By: Williams, Watson S.B. No. 351 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Deshotel) | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the maximum capacity of a container of wine sold to a | |
| 8 | 8 | retail dealer. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 101.45, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 101.45. CONTAINERS OF WINE: MAXIMUM CAPACITY. A [No] | |
| 13 | 13 | person may not sell wine to a retail dealer in a container | |
| 14 | 14 | [containers] with a capacity greater than eight [4.9] gallons. | |
| 15 | 15 | SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies | |
| 16 | 16 | only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this | |
| 17 | 17 | Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before | |
| 18 | 18 | the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs | |
| 19 | 19 | before that date. | |
| 20 | 20 | (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this | |
| 21 | 21 | Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, | |
| 22 | 22 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 24 | 24 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 25 | 25 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |