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| 1 | + | 86R13426 TSR-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Burrows H.B. No. 3766 | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3766: | |
| 4 | - | By: Anderson C.S.H.B. No. 3766 | |
| 5 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 7 | relating to the storage of grapes in a public warehouse. | |
| 10 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 14A.001(1), Agriculture Code, is amended | |
| 12 | 10 | to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 11 | (1) "Public warehouse operator" means a person who | |
| 14 | 12 | stores cotton, wheat, rye, oats, grapes, or rice, or any kind of | |
| 15 | 13 | produce. | |
| 16 | 14 | SECTION 2. Chapter 14A, Agriculture Code, is amended by | |
| 17 | - | adding | |
| 15 | + | adding Section 14A.0065 to read as follows: | |
| 18 | 16 | Sec. 14A.0065. RECEIPT FOR GRAPES. (a) A public warehouse | |
| 19 | 17 | operator shall issue a warehouse receipt to any person who deposits | |
| 20 | 18 | grapes in the warehouse operator's warehouse and requests a | |
| 21 | 19 | receipt. | |
| 22 | 20 | (b) The receipt shall contain: | |
| 23 | 21 | (1) all information required to be included on a | |
| 24 | 22 | receipt by Section 14A.005; | |
| 25 | 23 | (2) the date on which the grapes were received in the | |
| 26 | 24 | warehouse; | |
| 27 | 25 | (3) a statement that the grapes represented by the | |
| 28 | 26 | receipt are deliverable on return of the receipt properly endorsed | |
| 29 | 27 | and payment of charges for storage and insurance stated on the face | |
| 30 | 28 | of the receipt; and | |
| 31 | 29 | (4) a statement of the varietal of the grapes | |
| 32 | 30 | represented by the receipt. | |
| 33 | 31 | (c) Failure or neglect by a public warehouse operator to | |
| 34 | 32 | comply with the provisions of this section is a ground for | |
| 35 | 33 | revocation of a certificate to transact business as a public | |
| 36 | 34 | warehouse operator. | |
| 37 | - | Sec. 14A.0115. GRAPE BYPRODUCTS. Notwithstanding any other | |
| 38 | - | law, a natural byproduct of grapes stored in a public warehouse | |
| 39 | - | operator's warehouse is an agricultural commodity and not subject | |
| 40 | - | to regulation under other law, regardless of the byproduct's | |
| 41 | - | alcohol content, until the byproduct is: | |
| 42 | - | (1) removed from the warehouse; or | |
| 43 | - | (2) mixed with another ingredient. | |
| 44 | 35 | SECTION 3. Section 14A.012, Agriculture Code, is amended by | |
| 45 | 36 | adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | |
| 46 | 37 | (c) This chapter does not apply to a producer of grapes who | |
| 47 | 38 | stores in a warehouse owned by the producer grapes produced and | |
| 48 | 39 | owned by the producer. | |
| 49 | 40 | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |