| 1 | 1 | | 84R4867 AJA-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Geren H.B. No. 3015 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to production requirements for holders of winery permits; |
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| 8 | 8 | | establishing minimum annual production requirements for permit |
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| 9 | 9 | | holders. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 16, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended |
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| 12 | 12 | | by adding Section 16.012 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 16.012. PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS. (a) The holder of a |
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| 14 | 14 | | winery permit must produce, bottle, or blend at least 200 gallons of |
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| 15 | 15 | | wine or fruit brandy annually beginning in the 12-month period |
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| 16 | 16 | | preceding the third anniversary of the date the winery's original |
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| 17 | 17 | | permit is issued. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the holder of a |
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| 19 | 19 | | winery permit issued before September 1, 2015, must produce, |
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| 20 | 20 | | bottle, or blend at least 200 gallons of wine or fruit brandy |
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| 21 | 21 | | annually beginning in the 12-month period preceding September 1, |
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| 22 | 22 | | 2018. This subsection expires September 1, 2019. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) The winery activities required by this section may be |
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| 24 | 24 | | done through an agreement authorized by Section 16.05 or through an |
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| 25 | 25 | | agreement with another winery in this state for a bottling brand |
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| 26 | 26 | | under an Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Basic Permit trade |
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| 27 | 27 | | name application. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (c) Failure to comply with this section constitutes grounds |
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| 29 | 29 | | to cancel or suspend a winery permit or deny an application for |
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| 30 | 30 | | renewal of a winery permit. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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