Bill Text: TX HB2620 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the treatment of wineries during a state of disaster or emergency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-17 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB2620 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2620-Introduced.html
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By: Wilson | H.B. No. 2620 |
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relating to the treatment of wineries during a state of disaster or | ||
emergency. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 16, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 16.13 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 16.13. STATE OF DISASTER OR EMERGENCY. | ||
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a winery shall be | ||
treated in the same manner as a restaurant for any order, | ||
proclamation, regulation, or directive issued by the governor or a | ||
local governmental body that relates to the operation of an | ||
alcoholic beverage establishment during a state of disaster or | ||
local state of disaster declared under Chapter 418, Government | ||
Code, or a state of emergency proclaimed under Chapter 433, | ||
Government Code. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |