Bill Text: TX HB1018 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the prohibition of certain alcoholic beverages; creating an offense.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-06 - Postponed [HB1018 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1018-Introduced.html

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84R4523 JAM-F
By: Geren H.B. No. 1018

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prohibition of certain alcoholic beverages;
creating an offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1.04(4), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(4) "Illicit beverage" means:
(A) an alcoholic beverage:
(i) [(A)] manufactured, distributed,
bought, sold, bottled, rectified, blended, treated, fortified,
mixed, processed, warehoused, stored, possessed, imported, or
transported in violation of this code;
(ii) [(B)] on which a tax imposed by the
laws of this state has not been paid and to which the tax stamp, if
required, has not been affixed; or
(iii) [(C)] possessed, kept, stored, owned,
or imported with intent to manufacture, sell, distribute, bottle,
rectify, blend, treat, fortify, mix, process, warehouse, store, or
transport in violation of this code; or
(B) powdered alcohol.
SECTION 2. Section 101.65, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 101.65. BEVERAGES MADE FROM CERTAIN MATERIALS
PROHIBITED. No person may manufacture, import, sell, serve, or
possess for the purpose of sale an alcoholic beverage made from:
(1) any compound made from synthetic materials;
(2) substandard wines;
(3) imitation wines; [or]
(4) must concentrated at any time to more than 80
degrees Balling; or
(5) powdered alcohol, whether alone or reconstituted.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.