Bill Text: TX SB1939 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the storage of grapes in a public warehouse.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-07 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB1939 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1939-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1939 | ||
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| relating to the storage of grapes in a public warehouse. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 14A.001(1), Agriculture Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (1) "Public warehouse operator" means a person who | ||
| stores cotton, wheat, rye, oats, grapes, or rice, or any kind of | ||
| produce. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 14A, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Sections 14A.0065 and 14A.0115 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 14A.0065. RECEIPT FOR GRAPES. (a) A public warehouse | ||
| operator shall issue a warehouse receipt to any person who deposits | ||
| grapes in the warehouse operator's warehouse and requests a | ||
| receipt. | ||
| (b) The receipt shall contain: | ||
| (1) all information required to be included on a | ||
| receipt by Section 14A.005; | ||
| (2) the date on which the grapes were received in the | ||
| warehouse; | ||
| (3) a statement that the grapes represented by the | ||
| receipt are deliverable on return of the receipt properly endorsed | ||
| and payment of charges for storage and insurance stated on the face | ||
| of the receipt; and | ||
| (4) a statement of the varietal of the grapes | ||
| represented by the receipt. | ||
| (c) Failure or neglect by a public warehouse operator to | ||
| comply with the provisions of this section is a ground for | ||
| revocation of a certificate to transact business as a public | ||
| warehouse operator. | ||
| Sec. 14A.0115. GRAPE BYPRODUCTS. Notwithstanding any other | ||
| law, a natural byproduct of grapes stored in a public warehouse | ||
| operator's warehouse is an agricultural commodity and not subject | ||
| to regulation under other law, regardless of the byproduct's | ||
| alcohol content, until the byproduct is: | ||
| (1) removed from the warehouse; or | ||
| (2) mixed with another ingredient. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 14A.012, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) This chapter does not apply to a producer of grapes who | ||
| stores in a warehouse owned by the producer grapes produced and | ||
| owned by the producer. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1939 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1939 passed the House on | ||
| April 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 0, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
