Bill Text: TX SB428 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Relating to the approval of certain alcoholic beverages by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-04 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB428 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB428-Introduced.html

---

84R6765 JAM-F
By: Eltife S.B. No. 428

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the approval of certain alcoholic beverages by the
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 101.671(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) On registration of a certificate of label approval
issued by the United States Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau, the commission may [shall] approve the product under this
section and issue a letter to that effect to the permittee. [The
commission may not require additional approval for the product
unless there is a change to the label or product that requires
reissuance of the federal certificate of label approval.] The
commission shall accept the certificate of label approval as
constituting full compliance with any applicable standards adopted
under Section 5.38 regarding quality, purity, and identity of
distilled spirits or wine.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.