| 1 | 1 | | 88R12265 MPF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Harris of Anderson H.B. No. 3975 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the payment for liquor by a wholesaler. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 102.31(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a) This section applies to: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (1) the sale of malt beverages or malt beverage |
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| 13 | 13 | | containers or the original packages in which malt beverages are |
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| 14 | 14 | | received, packaged, or contained by a distributor's licensee to a |
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| 15 | 15 | | retail dealer's on-premise or off-premise licensee, a wine and malt |
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| 16 | 16 | | beverage retailer's permittee, or a wine and malt beverage |
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| 17 | 17 | | retailer's off-premise permittee; [and] |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) the sale of malt beverages by a local distributor's |
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| 19 | 19 | | permittee, or by any licensee authorized to sell those beverages |
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| 20 | 20 | | for resale, to a mixed beverage permittee; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) the sale of liquor by a distiller's and rectifier's |
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| 22 | 22 | | permittee, winery permittee, rectifier who is a nonresident |
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| 23 | 23 | | seller's permittee, or by any permittee authorized to sell those |
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| 24 | 24 | | beverages for resale to a wholesaler's permittee; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (4) the sale of vinous liquors by a distiller's and |
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| 26 | 26 | | rectifier's permittee, winery permittee, wine manufacturer who is a |
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| 27 | 27 | | nonresident seller's permittee, or by any permittee authorized to |
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| 28 | 28 | | sell those beverages for resale to a class B wholesaler permittee; |
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| 29 | 29 | | and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (5) the sale of liquor by any permittee authorized to |
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| 31 | 31 | | sell those beverages for resale to a local distributor's permittee. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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