Bill Text: TX SB808 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the sale of distilled spirits to ultimate consumers by the holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/15 [SB808 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB808-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 808 |
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relating to the sale of distilled spirits to ultimate consumers by | ||
the holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 14.01(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, as | ||
amended by Chapters 106 (S.B. 905), 195 (S.B. 642), and 1171 (S.B. | ||
652), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is | ||
reenacted and amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit may: | ||
(1) manufacture distilled spirits; | ||
(2) rectify, purify, and refine distilled spirits and | ||
wines; | ||
(3) mix wines, distilled spirits, or other liquors; | ||
(4) bottle, label, and package the permit holder's | ||
finished products; | ||
(5) sell the finished products in this state to | ||
holders of wholesaler's permits and to qualified persons outside | ||
the state; | ||
(6) purchase distilled spirits, to be used only for | ||
manufacturing or rectification purposes, from holders of | ||
nonresident seller's permits or distiller's and rectifier's | ||
permits; | ||
(7) dispense free distilled spirits for consumption on | ||
the permitted premises under Section 14.04; [ |
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(8) sell bulk alcohol produced by the permit holder to | ||
holders of industrial permits in this state; and | ||
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spirits to ultimate consumers under Section 14.04 or 14.05. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 14.04(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit may | ||
conduct distilled spirits samplings on the permitted | ||
premises. The permit holder may: | ||
(1) dispense free samples; or | ||
(2) if the permitted premises is located in an area | ||
where the sale of alcoholic beverages is legal as provided by a | ||
ballot issue approved by the voters under Section 501.035(b)(7), | ||
(8), or (9), Election Code, collect a fee for the sampling. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 14.05(a) and (b), Alcoholic Beverage | ||
Code, as added by Chapter 106 (S.B. 905), Acts of the 83rd | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit whose | ||
permitted premises is located in an area where the sale of alcoholic | ||
beverages is legal as provided by a ballot issue approved by the | ||
voters under Section 501.035(b)(7), (8), or (9), Election Code, may | ||
sell to ultimate consumers for consumption on the permitted | ||
premises distilled spirits manufactured or rectified by the permit | ||
holder in an amount not to exceed 3,000 gallons annually. | ||
(b) The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit may | ||
sell distilled spirits manufactured by the permit holder to | ||
ultimate consumers for off-premises consumption in unbroken | ||
packages containing not more than 750 milliliters of distilled | ||
spirits for off-premises consumption in an amount not to exceed | ||
3,500 gallons annually if: | ||
(1) for a permit issued on or after September 1, 2013, | ||
the permitted premises is located in an area where the sale of | ||
alcoholic beverages is legal as provided by a ballot issue approved | ||
by the voters under Section 501.035(b)(5), (6), or (7), Election | ||
Code; or | ||
(2) for a permit issued before September 1, 2013, the | ||
permitted premises is located in an area where the sale of alcoholic | ||
beverages is legal as provided by a ballot issue approved by the | ||
voters under Section 501.035(b)(5), (6), (7), (8), or (9), Election | ||
Code. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 808 passed the Senate on | ||
April 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 808 passed the House on | ||
May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |