H.B. No. 763
AN ACT
relating to the handling of illicit alcoholic beverages seized by a
peace officer.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 103.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 103.06. BEVERAGE SEIZED BY PEACE OFFICER [DELIVERED TO
COMMISSION]. Any alcoholic beverage, its container, and its
packaging which has been seized by a peace officer, as provided in
Section 103.03:
(1) [of this code,] may not be replevied; and
(2) shall be:
(A) destroyed or disposed of by a peace officer;
or
(B) [be] delivered to the commission for
immediate public or private sale in the manner the commission
considers best.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 763 was passed by the House on April
16, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 763 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor