Bill Text: TX HB3222 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a nonresident brewer's or nonresident manufacturer's agent's permit; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - See remarks for effective date [HB3222 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3222-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a nonresident brewer's or nonresident manufacturer's agent's permit; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - See remarks for effective date [HB3222 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3222-Introduced.html
By: King of Hemphill | H.B. No. 3222 |
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relating to the creation of a nonresident brewer and nonresident | ||
manufacturer agent permit; authorizing a fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Title 3, Subtitle A, Texas Alcoholic Beverage | ||
Code, is amended by adding new Chapter 57 to read as follows: | ||
Chapter 57. NONRESIDENT BREWERS AGENT OR NONRESIDENT MANUFACTURERS | ||
AGENT PERMIT | ||
Sec. 57.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITES. The holder of a | ||
nonresident brewer's agent permit or a nonresident manufacturer's | ||
agent permit may: | ||
1. represent nonresident brewers or nonresident | ||
manufacturers located outside the United States; | ||
2. perform any activity that the nonresident brewer or | ||
nonresident manufacturer could perform in this state; | ||
3. file for any permit, license, or other approval | ||
required by the agency on behalf of the nonresident brewer or | ||
nonresident manufacturer. | ||
Sec. 57.02. FEE. The annual fee for a nonresident brewer's | ||
agent permit or nonresident manufacturer's agent permit is $2500. | ||
Sec. 57.03. ELIGIBILITY. (a) An applicant for a permit | ||
under this chapter must: | ||
1. be a current holder of a nonresident sellers permit | ||
under Chapter 37; and | ||
2. | ||
be the primary American source of supply for beer or | ||
ale brewed or manufactured outside the United States. | ||
(b) In this section, "primary American source of supply" | ||
means the nonresident brewer or nonresident manufacturer of ale or | ||
beer produced outside of the United States, or the exclusive agent | ||
of either of those. To be the "primary American source of supply" | ||
the nonresident seller must be the first source, that is, the brewer | ||
or manufacturer or the source closest to the brewer or | ||
manufacturer, in the channel of commerce from whom the product can | ||
be secured by Texas wholesalers or distributors. | ||
Sec. 57.04. EVIDENCE OF AGENCY REQUIRED. A permit may not | ||
be issued to a nonresident seller under this section until the | ||
seller shows to the satisfaction of the agency that it is authorized | ||
to act as the agent of a nonresident brewer or nonresident | ||
manufacturer as described by this chapter. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |