85R15347 MCK-F
By: Huffines S.B. No. 2169
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to treating ale and malt liquor in the same manner as beer
for purposes of alcoholic beverage regulation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended
by adding Section 1.08 to read as follows:
Sec. 1.08. ELIMINATION OF DISTINCTION BETWEEN BEER AND ALE.
Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall treat any
product otherwise considered to be "ale" or "malt liquor" as "beer"
for the purposes of licensing, permitting, manufacturing,
transporting, storing, marketing, reporting, delivering,
wholesaling, retailing, testing, labeling, and taxation.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.