Bill Text: TX HB109 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the permit required to transport alcoholic beverages between certain permitted premises; authorizing a fee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-13 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB109 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB109-Introduced.html
  85R229 JAM-D
 
  By: White H.B. No. 109
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the permit required to transport alcoholic beverages
  between certain permitted premises; authorizing a fee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 11.38(d), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  The following are exempt from the fee authorized in this
  section:
               (1)  agent's, airline beverage, passenger train
  beverage, industrial, carrier's, private carrier's, private club
  registration, local cartage, cartage, storage, and temporary wine
  and beer retailer's permits;
               (2)  a wine and beer retailer's permit issued for a
  dining, buffet, or club car; and
               (3)  a mixed beverage permit during the three-year
  period following the issuance of the permit.
         SECTION 2.  Section 22.08, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 22.08.  TRANSFER OF BEVERAGES. (a) The owner of more
  than one package store who is also the holder of a local cartage
  permit may transfer alcoholic beverages between any of the owner's
  permitted [his licensed] premises in the same county between the
  hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. on any day when the sale of those
  beverages is legal, subject to rules prescribed by the commission.
         (b)  The owner of more than one package store who is also the
  holder of a cartage permit may transfer alcoholic beverages between
  any of the owner's permitted premises between the hours of 7 a.m.
  and 9 p.m. on any day when the sale of those beverages is legal,
  subject to rules prescribed by the commission.
         SECTION 3.  Subtitle A, Title 3, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended by adding Chapter 43A to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 43A.  CARTAGE PERMIT
         Sec. 43A.01.  AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.  A package store
  permittee who also holds a cartage permit may transfer alcoholic
  beverages in accordance with Section 22.08.
         Sec. 43A.02.  FEE. The annual state fee for a cartage permit
  is $30.
         Sec. 43A.03.  ELIGIBILITY FOR PERMIT. The commission may
  issue a cartage permit to a holder of a package store permit.
         Sec. 43A.04.  VEHICLES USED BY PERMITTEE. (a) No cartage
  permittee may transport liquor unless:
               (1)  a description of each vehicle used in the
  transportation, as required by the commission, has been submitted
  to the commission; and
               (2)  each vehicle has been plainly marked or lettered
  to indicate that it is being used for the transportation of liquor
  by a cartage permittee.
         (b)  The transportation of liquor by a permittee in a vehicle
  not described and marked in accordance with this section is a
  violation of this code and is a ground for the cancellation of the
  permit.
         Sec. 43A.05.  CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION PROHIBITED. No holder
  of a cartage permit may for hire transport liquor in this state.
         Sec. 43A.06.  VIOLATION OF CODE, RULE. If a holder of a
  cartage permit who also holds a package store permit violates any
  provision of this code or any rule or regulation of the commission,
  the violation is a ground for the suspension or cancellation of any
  or all permits or licenses held by that person for the premises
  where the offense was committed.
         SECTION 4.  Section 204.01(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  No bond is required of a holder of a mixed beverage,
  private club registration, carriers, local cartage, cartage, wine
  and beer retailers, nonresident seller's, manufacturer's agent's,
  or agent's permit.
         SECTION 5.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to the transport of an alcoholic beverage on or after the effective
  date of this Act. The transport of an alcoholic beverage before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed
  immediately before that date, and that law is continued in effect
  for that purpose.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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