Bill Text: TX HB2537 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to production requirements for holders of winery permits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-22 - Not again placed on intent calendar [HB2537 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2537-Engrossed.html
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By: Geren | H.B. No. 2537 |
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relating to production requirements for holders of winery permits. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 16, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 16.012 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 16.012. PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS. (a) The holder of a | ||
winery permit must produce, bottle, or blend at least 200 gallons of | ||
wine or fruit brandy annually beginning in the 12-month period | ||
preceding the third anniversary of the date the winery's original | ||
permit is issued. | ||
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the holder of a | ||
winery permit issued before September 1, 2013, must produce, | ||
bottle, or blend at least 200 gallons of wine or fruit brandy | ||
annually beginning in the 12-month period preceding September 1, | ||
2016. This subsection expires September 1, 2017. | ||
(b) The winery activities required by this section may be | ||
done through an agreement authorized by Section 16.05 or through an | ||
agreement with another winery in this state for a bottling brand | ||
under an Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Basic Permit trade | ||
name application. | ||
(c) Failure to comply with this section constitutes grounds | ||
to cancel or suspend a winery permit or deny an application for | ||
renewal of a winery permit. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |