85R2814 JAM-D By: Alvarado H.B. No. 133 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the status of powdered alcohol as an alcoholic beverage for purposes of the Alcoholic Beverage Code. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 1.04(1), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows: (1) "Alcoholic beverage" means alcohol, including powdered alcohol, or any beverage containing more than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume, which is capable of use for beverage purposes, either alone or when diluted or reconstituted. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.