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| 1 | 1 | By: Thompson of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Carona) H.B. No. 1953 | |
| 2 | 2 | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013; | |
| 3 | 3 | April 30, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on | |
| 4 | 4 | Business and Commerce; May 14, 2013, reported favorably by the | |
| 5 | 5 | following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 14, 2013, sent to printer.) | |
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| 8 | 8 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 9 | 9 | AN ACT | |
| 10 | 10 | relating to the payment for liquor by a retailer. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 102.32, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (b-1) A wholesale dealer who accepts a check or draft as | |
| 15 | 15 | payment from a retailer for the purchase of liquor must deposit the | |
| 16 | 16 | check or draft in the bank for payment or present the check or draft | |
| 17 | 17 | for payment within five business days after it is received. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | |
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