Bill Text: TX HB882 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of an offense prohibiting certain transactions involving malt liquor containing certain stimulants.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-16 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB882 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB882-Engrossed.html
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| By: Alvarado, Harless, et al. | H.B. No. 882 | |
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| relating to the creation of an offense prohibiting certain | ||
| transactions involving malt liquor containing certain stimulants. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 101, Alcoholic Beverage | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 101.651 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 101.651. CERTAIN STIMULANTS PROHIBITED. (a) Except | ||
| as provided by this section, a person may not manufacture, import, | ||
| sell, or possess for the purpose of sale malt liquor in a sealed | ||
| container that contains caffeine, ginseng, taurine, or guarana as | ||
| an added ingredient. | ||
| (b) This section does not apply to malt liquor that contains | ||
| caffeine that is a natural constituent of an ingredient other than | ||
| an ingredient listed in Subsection (a). | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
