| 1 | 1 | | 86R9444 JAM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Ashby H.B. No. 1610 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 powdered alcohol. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 1.04(4), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (4) "Illicit beverage" means: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (A) an alcoholic beverage: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (i) [(A)] manufactured, distributed, |
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| 14 | 14 | | bought, sold, bottled, rectified, blended, treated, fortified, |
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| 15 | 15 | | mixed, processed, warehoused, stored, possessed, imported, or |
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| 16 | 16 | | transported in violation of this code; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (ii) [(B)] on which a tax imposed by the |
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| 18 | 18 | | laws of this state has not been paid and to which the tax stamp, if |
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| 19 | 19 | | required, has not been affixed; or |
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| 20 | 20 | | (iii) [(C)] possessed, kept, stored, owned, |
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| 21 | 21 | | or imported with intent to manufacture, sell, distribute, bottle, |
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| 22 | 22 | | rectify, blend, treat, fortify, mix, process, warehouse, store, or |
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| 23 | 23 | | transport in violation of this code; or |
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| 24 | 24 | | (B) powdered alcohol. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. Section 101.65, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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| 26 | 26 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 27 | 27 | | Sec. 101.65. BEVERAGES MADE FROM CERTAIN MATERIALS |
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| 28 | 28 | | PROHIBITED. No person may manufacture, import, sell, serve, or |
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| 29 | 29 | | possess for the purpose of sale an alcoholic beverage made from: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) any compound made from synthetic materials; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) substandard wines; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (3) imitation wines; [or] |
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| 33 | 33 | | (4) must concentrated at any time to more than 80 |
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| 34 | 34 | | degrees Balling; or |
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| 35 | 35 | | (5) powdered alcohol, whether alone or reconstituted. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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