| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 22, 2017, read |
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| 3 | + | first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; |
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| 4 | + | April 24, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | + | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 24, 2017, |
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| 6 | + | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | + | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1642 By: Creighton |
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| 4 | 11 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 13 | | relating to allowing the holder of a brewpub license to sell beer, |
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| 7 | 14 | | ale, and malt liquor to certain qualified persons outside the |
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| 8 | 15 | | state. |
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| 9 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Section 74.09(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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| 11 | 18 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 19 | | (a) In addition to the activities authorized by Section |
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| 13 | 20 | | 74.01, the holder of a brewpub license may sell beer produced under |
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| 14 | 21 | | the license to the holder of a general, local, or branch |
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| 15 | 22 | | distributor's license or to qualified distributors or other |
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| 16 | 23 | | similarly situated entities outside the state. |
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| 17 | 24 | | SECTION 2. Section 74.10(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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| 18 | 25 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 19 | 26 | | (a) In addition to the activities authorized by Section |
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| 20 | 27 | | 74.01, the holder of a brewpub license may sell ale and malt liquor |
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| 21 | 28 | | to the holder of a wholesaler's permit, a general class B |
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| 22 | 29 | | wholesaler's permit, or a local class B wholesaler's permit or to |
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| 23 | 30 | | qualified wholesalers or other similarly situated entities outside |
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| 24 | 31 | | the state. |
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| 25 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 33 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 34 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 35 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 36 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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