86R10508 JAM-D
 
  By: Biedermann H.B. No. 4396
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the repeal of territorial limits on the distribution
  and sale of ale, malt liquor, and beer and certain related
  provisions governing relations between malt beverage manufacturers
  and distributors.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 12.052(e), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (e)  A holder of a brewer's permit who under Subsection (c)
  sells ale produced on the brewer's premises under the permit to
  ultimate consumers on the brewer's premises for responsible
  consumption on the brewer's premises:
               (1)  [shall file a territorial agreement with the
  commission under Subchapters C and D, Chapter 102;
               [(2)]  must purchase any ale the permit holder sells on
  the brewer's premises from the holder of a permit issued under
  Chapter 19, 20, or 21; and
               (2) [(3)]  with respect to those purchases, must comply
  with the requirements of this code governing dealings between a
  distributor or wholesaler and a member of the retail tier,
  including Section 102.31.
         SECTION 2.  Section 62.122(e), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (e)  A holder of a manufacturer's license who under
  Subsection (c) sells beer produced on the manufacturer's premises
  under the license to ultimate consumers on the manufacturer's
  premises for responsible consumption on the manufacturer's
  premises:
               (1)  [shall file a territorial agreement with the
  commission under Subchapters C and D, Chapter 102;
               [(2)]  must purchase any beer the license holder sells
  on the manufacturer's premises from the holder of a license issued
  under Chapter 64, 65, or 66; and
               (2) [(3)]  with respect to those purchases, must comply
  with the requirements of this code governing dealings between a
  distributor or wholesaler and a member of the retail tier,
  including Sections 61.73 and 102.31.
         SECTION 3.  Section 73.011(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A holder of an agent's beer license who is an employee or
  agent of a manufacturer's licensee or a nonresident manufacturer's
  licensee may not represent that the holder is the agent of or is
  acting on behalf of a licensed distributor. [An agent may not
  engage in conduct that is prohibited by Section 102.75 of this code
  or other provisions of this code.]
         SECTION 4.  Section 109.62(e), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (e)  The alternate location must be in an area where the sale
  of the applicable alcoholic beverages has been approved by a local
  option election or where the distributor or wholesaler had been
  operating under Section 251.77 or 251.78.  [If beer, ale, or malt
  liquor is handled at the alternate location, the alternate location
  must be in the area assigned to the distributor or wholesaler under
  Subchapters C and D, Chapter 102.]
         SECTION 5.  The following provisions of the Alcoholic
  Beverage Code are repealed:
               (1)  Section 55.01(b);
               (2)  Section 64.07(c);
               (3)  Section 74.09(b);
               (4)  Section 74.10; and
               (5)  Subchapters C and D, Chapter 102.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.