Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3976 Latest Draft

Bill / Engrossed Version Filed 05/11/2021

                            87R23301 MCF-F
 By: Collier H.B. No. 3976


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the authorized activities of a manufacturer's agent's
 warehousing permit holder.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 55.01(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, as
 effective September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 (a)  The holder of a manufacturer's agent's warehousing
 permit may:
 (1)  receive malt beverages from one license holder
 that is authorized to sell the malt beverages to licensed
 distributors in this state [the holder of a nonresident brewer's
 license] and store the alcoholic beverages on the permitted
 premises;
 (2)  ship, cause to be shipped, sell, and otherwise
 transfer the malt beverages to licensed distributors in this state
 who are authorized to receive the malt beverages and to persons
 outside this state who are qualified to receive the malt beverages
 under the regulatory laws of the state or other jurisdiction in
 which the malt beverages are received; [and]
 (3)  return malt beverages to the license holder
 [brewer] from which they were originally received; and
 (4)  unpack, repack, or co-pack malt beverages of the
 same brand in any combination or configuration as permissible for
 the license holder for whom the permittee is an agent.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.