86R9291 JAM-F
By: Harless H.B. No. 3271
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the removal of certain alcoholic beverages that become
unfit for consumption after a natural disaster.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter A, Chapter 109,
Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER A. SALVAGED AND INSURED LOSSES; UNINSURED LOSSES
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 109, Alcoholic Beverage
Code, is amended by adding Section 109.09 to read as follows:
Sec. 109.09. REMOVAL OF UNINSURED BEVERAGES UNFIT FOR
CONSUMPTION. (a) Uninsured ale, malt liquor, or beer that becomes
unfit for human consumption as the result of a natural disaster in
an area declared to be a disaster under Section 418.014, Government
Code, may be removed from the inventory of a retailer if the removal
is agreed to by:
(1) the holder of the brewer's permit or
manufacturer's license who manufactured the beverage; and
(2) the wholesaler or distributor that distributed the
beverage.
(b) A manufacturer or brewer and a wholesaler or distributor
who agree to the removal of a beverage under Subsection (a) must
hold the retailer from whose inventory the beverage is removed
harmless for the cost of the removal.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.