Bill Text: TX HB2620 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the treatment of wineries during a state of disaster or emergency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-17 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB2620 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2620-Introduced.html
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| By: Wilson | H.B. No. 2620 | |
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| relating to the treatment of wineries during a state of disaster or | ||
| emergency. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 16, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 16.13 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 16.13. STATE OF DISASTER OR EMERGENCY. | ||
| Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a winery shall be | ||
| treated in the same manner as a restaurant for any order, | ||
| proclamation, regulation, or directive issued by the governor or a | ||
| local governmental body that relates to the operation of an | ||
| alcoholic beverage establishment during a state of disaster or | ||
| local state of disaster declared under Chapter 418, Government | ||
| Code, or a state of emergency proclaimed under Chapter 433, | ||
| Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
