By: Eltife S.B. No. 858
(In the Senate - Filed March 2, 2015; March 4, 2015, read
first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
March 30, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 0; March 30, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to license holders authorized to obtain label approval for
beer, ale, and malt liquor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 101.67(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Only a brewer's or nonresident brewer's permittee, [or]
a manufacturer's or nonresident manufacturer's licensee, or a
brewpub licensee may apply for and receive label approval on beer,
ale, or malt liquor.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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