Bill Text: TX HB3171 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the sampling or tasting of distilled spirits by the manufacturer to a consumer at a temporary event.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-27 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB3171 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3171-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: King of Hemphill, Cook, Bernal | H.B. No. 3171 | |
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| relating to the sampling or tasting of distilled spirits by the | ||
| manufacturer to a consumer at a temporary event. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 14.01(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit may: | ||
| (1) manufacture distilled spirits; | ||
| (2) rectify, purify, and refine distilled spirits and | ||
| wines; | ||
| (3) mix wines, distilled spirits, or other liquors; | ||
| (4) bottle, label, and package the permit holder's | ||
| finished products; | ||
| (5) sell the finished products in this state to | ||
| holders of wholesaler's permits and to qualified persons outside | ||
| the state; | ||
| (6) purchase distilled spirits, to be used only for | ||
| manufacturing or rectification purposes, from holders of | ||
| nonresident seller's permits or distiller's and rectifier's | ||
| permits; | ||
| (7) dispense free distilled spirits for consumption on | ||
| the permitted premises under Section 14.04 or at a temporary event | ||
| under Section 14.09. | ||
| (8) sell bulk alcohol produced by the permit holder | ||
| for purposes described by Section 38.01; and | ||
| (9) sell distilled spirits to ultimate consumers under | ||
| Section 14.04 or 14.05. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 14, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 14.09 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 14.09. DISTILLED SPIRITS SAMPLING AT TEMPORARY EVENT: a) The | ||
| holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit may conduct | ||
| distilled spirits samplings or tastings at a civic or distilled | ||
| spirits festival, farmers' market, celebration, or similar event. | ||
| (b) The distilled spirits provided as a sample or at a | ||
| tasting under Subsection (a) must be manufactured by the holder of | ||
| the distiller's and rectifier's permit. | ||
| (c) Sample portions served at a distilled spirits sampling | ||
| or tasting under Subsection (a) may not exceed one-half ounce. | ||
| (d) A person who receives a sample may not remove the sample | ||
| from the event premises. | ||
| (e) Distilled spirits may legally be transported by the | ||
| holder of the distiller's and rectifier's permit or the permit | ||
| holder's agent or employee to the temporary event for the purpose of | ||
| providing a sample or a tasting under this section. | ||
| (f) The cost of the distilled spirits provided for a | ||
| sampling or tasting under this section is the responsibility of the | ||
| holder of the distiller's and rectifier's permit providing the | ||
| sampling or tasting. | ||
| (g) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this | ||
| section, including rules that: | ||
| (1) establish a procedure to verify the wet or dry status of | ||
| the location where the permit holder intends to temporarily sample | ||
| or taste distilled spirits under this section; | ||
| (2) detail the circumstances when a permit holder may | ||
| temporarily sample distilled spirits under this section with just a | ||
| notification to the commission and the circumstances that require | ||
| the commission's preapproval before a permit holder may temporarily | ||
| sample distilled spirits under this section; and | ||
| (3) require the permit holder to provide any other | ||
| information the commission determines necessary. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
