Bill Text: TX SB2169 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to treating ale and malt liquor in the same manner as beer for purposes of alcoholic beverage regulation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-02 - Left pending in committee [SB2169 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB2169-Introduced.html
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By: Huffines | S.B. No. 2169 |
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relating to treating ale and malt liquor in the same manner as beer | ||
for purposes of alcoholic beverage regulation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 1.08 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1.08. ELIMINATION OF DISTINCTION BETWEEN BEER AND ALE. | ||
Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall treat any | ||
product otherwise considered to be "ale" or "malt liquor" as "beer" | ||
for the purposes of licensing, permitting, manufacturing, | ||
transporting, storing, marketing, reporting, delivering, | ||
wholesaling, retailing, testing, labeling, and taxation. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |