By: Hernandez H.B. No. 3712
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authorization of distributors to provide malt
beverage products to retailers for authorized sampling purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 102.02, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 102.02. PROVIDING SAMPLES. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this code, the holder of a wholesaler's or
distributor's permit or the holder's agent, representative, or
employee may furnish or give a sample of liquor or malt beverages to
a holder of a permit authorizing the sale of that category of
alcoholic beverage at retail if the retail permittee has not
previously purchased that brand from that wholesaler or distributor
permittee. The wholesaler or distributor may give the retail
permittee not more than 750 milliliters of any brand of distilled
spirits, not more than three liters of any brand of wine in that
package, and not more than one six-pack72 ounces of any other
alcoholic beverage so packaged. The retail permittee or the
permittee's agent, servant, or employee may sample the product on
the licensed premises only if the wholesaler or distributor the
wholesaler's or distributor's agent, servant, or employee is
present.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.