87R8781 JAM-F
By: Schwertner, Buckingham, Springer S.B. No. 655
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sale of distilled spirits to ultimate consumers by
the holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 14.05(a), (b), and (f), Alcoholic
Beverage Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit whose
permitted premises is located in an area where the sale of alcoholic
beverages is legal as provided by a ballot issue approved by the
voters under Section 501.035(b)(7), (8), or (9), Election Code, may
sell to ultimate consumers for consumption on or off the permitted
premises distilled spirits manufactured or rectified by the permit
holder in an amount not to exceed 12,500 [3,000] gallons annually.
(b) The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit may
sell distilled spirits manufactured by the permit holder to
ultimate consumers for off-premises consumption in unbroken
packages containing not more than 750 milliliters of distilled
spirits for off-premises consumption [in an amount not to exceed
3,500 gallons annually] if:
(1) for a permit issued on or after September 1, 2013,
the permitted premises is located in an area where the sale of
alcoholic beverages is legal as provided by a ballot issue approved
by the voters under Section 501.035(b)(5), (6), or (7), Election
Code; or
(2) for a permit issued before September 1, 2013, the
permitted premises is located in an area where the sale of alcoholic
beverages is legal as provided by a ballot issue approved by the
voters under Section 501.035(b)(5), (6), (7), (8), or (9), Election
Code.
(f) The permit holder must [check a purchaser's
identification and] keep records of sales [purchases] in a manner
that enables the permit holder to comply with this section.
SECTION 2. Section 14.05(c), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.