Bill Text: TX HB3315 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authorized locations for certain tastings and evaluations of home-produced alcoholic beverages.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-08 - Reported favorably as substituted [HB3315 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3315-Introduced.html
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By: Dale | H.B. No. 3315 |
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relating to the authorized locations for certain tastings and | ||
evaluations of home-produced alcoholic beverages. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 12, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 12.08 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 12.08. TASTING COMPETITION. (a) The holder of a | ||
brewer's permit described by Section 12.052 may hold a tasting | ||
competition on the brewer's premises that includes the consumption | ||
but not the sale of malt liquor produced by a person who is | ||
authorized under Section 109.21(a) to produce the malt liquor. | ||
(b) The holder of a brewer's permit who holds a tasting | ||
competition under Subsection (a) must file a surety bond in the | ||
amount of $500. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 27, Alcoholic Beverage | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 27.012 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 27.012. TASTING COMPETITION. (a) The holder of a | ||
temporary wine and beer retailer's permit may hold a tasting | ||
competition on the premises for which the permit is issued that | ||
includes the consumption but not the sale of beer or malt liquor and | ||
produced by a person who is authorized under Section 109.21(a) to | ||
produce the beer or malt liquor. | ||
(b) The holder of a temporary wine and beer retailer's | ||
permit who holds a tasting competition under Subsection (a) must | ||
file a surety bond in the amount of $500. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 27, Alcoholic Beverage | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 27.111 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 27.111. TASTING COMPETITION. (a) The holder of a | ||
special three-day wine and beer permit may hold a tasting | ||
competition on the premises for which the permit is issued that | ||
includes the consumption but not the sale of beer or malt liquor | ||
produced by a person who is authorized under Section 109.21(a) to | ||
produce the beer or malt liquor. | ||
(b) The holder of a special three-day wine and beer permit | ||
who holds a tasting competition under Subsection (a) must file a | ||
surety bond in the amount of $500. | ||
SECTION 4. Chapter 62, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 62.15 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 62.15. TASTING COMPETITION. (a) The holder of a | ||
manufacturer's license described by Section 62.122 may hold a | ||
tasting competition on the manufacturer's premises that includes | ||
the consumption but not the sale of beer produced by a person who is | ||
authorized under Section 109.21(a) to produce the beer. | ||
(b) The holder of a manufacturer's license who holds a | ||
tasting competition under Subsection (a) must file a surety bond in | ||
the amount of $500. | ||
SECTION 5. Chapter 74, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 74.12 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 74.12. TASTING COMPETITION. (a) The holder of a | ||
brewpub license may hold a tasting competition on the brewpub's | ||
premises that includes the consumption but not the sale of beer or | ||
malt liquor produced by a person who is authorized under Section | ||
109.21(a) to produce the beer or malt liquor. | ||
(b) The holder of a brewpub license who holds a tasting | ||
competition under Subsection (a) must file a surety bond in the | ||
amount of $500. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 109.22(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) For the purpose of participating in an organized | ||
tasting, evaluation, competition, or literary review, a person to | ||
whom this section applies may deliver wine, ale, malt liquor, or | ||
beer produced and manufactured by the person to locations that are | ||
not permitted or licensed under this code or, as provided by Section | ||
12.08, 27.012, 27.111, 62.15, or 74.12, to a permitted or licensed | ||
premises, for the purpose of submitting those products to an | ||
evaluation at an organized tasting competition that is closed to | ||
the general public or by a reviewer whose reviews are published if[ |
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malt liquor, or beer, for its delivery, or for attendance at the | ||
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |