| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 2016 |
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| 1 | + | By: Guillen, Raymond (Senate Sponsor - Alvarado) H.B. No. 2016 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2019; |
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| 3 | + | April 15, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | + | Business & Commerce; April 29, 2019, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | + | following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 29, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to the sale of certain wine by the holder of a wine and beer |
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| 6 | 12 | | retailer's permit or mixed beverage permit. |
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| 7 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 25.01, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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| 9 | 15 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 16 | | Sec. 25.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. The holder of a wine and |
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| 11 | 17 | | beer retailer's permit may sell: |
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| 12 | 18 | | (1) for consumption on or off the premises where sold, |
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| 13 | 19 | | but not for resale, wine, beer, and malt liquors containing alcohol |
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| 14 | 20 | | in excess of one-half of one percent by volume and not more than 17 |
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| 15 | 21 | | percent by volume; and |
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| 16 | 22 | | (2) for consumption on the premises, the following |
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| 17 | 23 | | beverages [traditional port or sherry] containing alcohol in excess |
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| 18 | 24 | | of one-half of one percent by volume and not more than 24 percent by |
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| 19 | 25 | | volume: |
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| 20 | 26 | | (A) traditional port or sherry; |
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| 21 | 27 | | (B) dessert-flavored wine; or |
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| 22 | 28 | | (C) rice wine. |
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| 23 | 29 | | SECTION 2. Section 28.01(c), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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| 24 | 30 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 31 | | (c) The holder of a mixed beverage permit may also: |
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| 26 | 32 | | (1) purchase wine, beer, ale, and malt liquor |
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| 27 | 33 | | containing alcohol of not more than 24 [21] percent by volume in |
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| 28 | 34 | | containers of any legal size from any permittee or licensee |
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| 29 | 35 | | authorized to sell those beverages for resale; and |
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| 30 | 36 | | (2) sell the wine, beer, ale, and malt liquor for |
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| 31 | 37 | | consumption on the licensed premises. |
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| 32 | 38 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 33 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 34 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 35 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2016 was passed by the House on April |
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| 36 | | - | 11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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| 37 | | - | voting. |
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| 38 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 39 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 40 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2016 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 41 | | - | 2, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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| 42 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 43 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 44 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 45 | | - | Date |
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| 46 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 47 | | - | Governor |
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| 39 | + | * * * * * |
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