Bill Text: TX HB1953 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the payment for liquor by a retailer.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB1953 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1953-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1953 |
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relating to the payment for liquor by a retailer. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 102.32, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) A wholesale dealer who accepts a check or draft as | ||
payment from a retailer for the purchase of liquor must deposit the | ||
check or draft in the bank for payment or present the check or draft | ||
for payment within five business days after it is received. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1953 was passed by the House on April | ||
25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 2, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1953 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |