Bill Text: TX HB2299 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to verification of alcohol content for prior approval of malt beverages.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2299 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2299-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2299 |
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relating to verification of alcohol content for prior approval of | ||
malt beverages. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 101.67(a), (d), and (e), Alcoholic | ||
Beverage Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) No person may ship or cause to be shipped into the state, | ||
import into the state, manufacture and offer for sale in the state, | ||
or distribute, sell, or store in the state any beer, ale, or malt | ||
liquor unless: | ||
(1) a sample of the beverage or a sample of the same | ||
type and quality of beverage has been first tested to verify the | ||
alcohol content of the beverage by: | ||
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laboratory; | ||
(B) a laboratory certified by the United States | ||
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau or its successor agency as | ||
qualified for the analysis of beer for export; or | ||
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(2) the label of the beverage has been first submitted | ||
to the commission or its representative and found to comply with all | ||
provisions of this code relating to the labeling of the particular | ||
type of beverage. | ||
(d) If the commission determines that the product tested | ||
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comply with the provisions of this code and the rules of the | ||
commission, the commission shall issue a certificate of approval | ||
upon receipt of a fee in an amount that is sufficient to cover the | ||
cost of administering this section. A copy of the certificate | ||
shall be kept on file in the office of the commission. | ||
(e) The commission may require proof by affidavit or | ||
otherwise that a laboratory performing a test [ |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2299 was passed by the House on April | ||
13, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 0, 3 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2299 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |