83R6054 JAM-F
By: Smith H.B. No. 3504
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain promotional activities on the premises of a
retailer of alcoholic beverages.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 108.061, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 108.061. SWEEPSTAKES PROMOTIONS AUTHORIZED. (a)
Notwithstanding the prohibition against prizes given to a consumer
in Section 108.06 and subject to the rules of the commission, a
manufacturer or nonresident manufacturer may offer a prize to a
consumer if the offer is a part of a promotional sweepstakes
activity. A purchase or entry fee may not be required of any person
to enter in a sweepstakes authorized under this section. A person
affiliated with the alcoholic beverage industry may not receive a
prize from a sweepstakes promotion.
(b) Commission rules implementing this section may not
prohibit a manufacturer or nonresident manufacturer from awarding a
prize to a consumer on a retailer's premises in a sweepstakes
conducted under this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.