Bill Text: TX HB3271 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the removal of certain alcoholic beverages that become unfit for consumption after a natural disaster.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-02 - Left pending in committee [HB3271 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3271-Introduced.html
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By: Harless | H.B. No. 3271 |
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relating to the removal of certain alcoholic beverages that become | ||
unfit for consumption after a natural disaster. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter A, Chapter 109, | ||
Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. SALVAGED AND INSURED LOSSES; UNINSURED LOSSES | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 109, Alcoholic Beverage | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 109.09 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 109.09. REMOVAL OF UNINSURED BEVERAGES UNFIT FOR | ||
CONSUMPTION. (a) Uninsured ale, malt liquor, or beer that becomes | ||
unfit for human consumption as the result of a natural disaster in | ||
an area declared to be a disaster under Section 418.014, Government | ||
Code, may be removed from the inventory of a retailer if the removal | ||
is agreed to by: | ||
(1) the holder of the brewer's permit or | ||
manufacturer's license who manufactured the beverage; and | ||
(2) the wholesaler or distributor that distributed the | ||
beverage. | ||
(b) A manufacturer or brewer and a wholesaler or distributor | ||
who agree to the removal of a beverage under Subsection (a) must | ||
hold the retailer from whose inventory the beverage is removed | ||
harmless for the cost of the removal. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |