Bill Text: TX SB1217 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the sale of beer and ale by certain manufacturers for off-premises consumption.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-09 - Left pending in committee [SB1217 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1217-Introduced.html
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| By: Buckingham | S.B. No. 1217 | |
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| relating to the sale of beer and ale by certain manufacturers for | ||
| off-premises consumption. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 12.052, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) In addition to the activities authorized by Section | ||
| 12.01, the holder of a brewer's permit whose annual production of | ||
| ale together with the annual production of beer by the holder of a | ||
| manufacturer's license at the same premises does not exceed a total | ||
| of 225,000 barrels may sell ale produced on the brewer's premises | ||
| under the permit to ultimate consumers on the brewer's premises: | ||
| (1) for responsible consumption on the brewer's | ||
| premises; or | ||
| (2) subject to Subsection (a-1), for off-premises | ||
| consumption. | ||
| (a-1) Sales to consumers on the brewer's premises for | ||
| off-premises consumption are limited to one purchase per consumer | ||
| per month. The consumer's monthly purchase is limited to 576 fluid | ||
| ounces of beer and ale combined. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 62.122, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) A manufacturer's licensee whose annual production of | ||
| beer together with the annual production of ale by the holder of a | ||
| brewer's permit at the same premises does not exceed 225,000 | ||
| barrels may sell beer produced on the manufacturer's premises under | ||
| the license to ultimate consumers on the manufacturer's premises: | ||
| (1) for responsible consumption on the manufacturer's | ||
| premises; or | ||
| (2) subject to Subsection (a-1), for off-premises | ||
| consumption. | ||
| (a-1) Sales to consumers on the manufacturer's premises for | ||
| off-premises consumption are limited to one purchase per consumer | ||
| per month. The consumer's monthly purchase is limited to 576 fluid | ||
| ounces of beer and ale combined. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
