Bill Text: TX HB670 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 670

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the possession and consumption of wine on the premises of a mixed beverage permittee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-12 - Left pending in committee [HB670 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB670-Introduced.html



	By: Goldman	H.B. No. 670



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the possession and consumption of wine on the premises
	of a mixed beverage permittee.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 28.01(c), Alcoholic Beverage Code, as
	effective September 1, 2023, is amended to read as follows:
	(c) The holder of a mixed beverage permit may also:
	(1) purchase wine and malt beverages containing
	alcohol of not more than 24 percent by volume in containers of any
	legal size from any permittee or licensee authorized to sell those
	beverages for resale; [~~and~~]
	(2) sell the wine and malt beverages for consumption
	on the licensed premises;
	(3) allow an individual to:
	(A) possess and consume on the licensed premises
	wine acquired by the individual off the licensed premises; and
	(B) remove from the premises wine brought onto
	the premises by the individual under Paragraph (A); and
	(4) charge a corkage fee for wine consumed on the
	premises under Subdivision (3).
	SECTION 2. Sections 28.06(a) and (c), Alcoholic Beverage
	Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a) Except as provided by Sections 14.07, 28.01(c)(3), and
	37.01(d), no holder of a mixed beverage permit, nor any officer,
	agent, or employee of a holder, may possess or permit to be
	possessed on the premises for which the permit is issued any
	alcoholic beverage which is not covered by an invoice from the
	supplier from whom the alcoholic beverage was purchased.
	(c) Except as provided by Sections 14.07, 28.01(c)(3), and
	37.01(d), no holder of a mixed beverage permit, nor any officer,
	agent, or employee of a holder, may knowingly possess or permit to
	be possessed on the licensed premises any alcoholic beverage which
	is not covered by an invoice from the supplier from whom the
	alcoholic beverage was purchased.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.