Bill Text: TX SB451 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to production requirements for holders of winery permits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-09 - Left pending in committee [SB451 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB451-Introduced.html
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| By: Carona | S.B. No. 451 | |
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| relating to production requirements for holders of winery permits. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 16, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 16.012 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 16.012. PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS. (a) The holder of a | ||
| winery permit must produce or blend wine in sufficient quantities | ||
| as to make the winery a bona fide manufacturing operation before the | ||
| third anniversary of the date the winery's original permit is | ||
| issued. | ||
| (a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the holder of a | ||
| winery permit issued before September 1, 2013, must produce or | ||
| blend wine in sufficient quantities as to make the winery a bona | ||
| fide manufacturing operation before September 1, 2016. This | ||
| subsection expires September 1, 2017. | ||
| (b) Proof that the winery has sold wine that it has produced | ||
| or blended, bottled, and labeled is prima facie evidence that the | ||
| winery is a bona fide manufacturing operation. | ||
| (c) The winery activities required by this section may be | ||
| done through an agreement authorized by Section 16.05 or through an | ||
| agreement with another winery in this state for a bottling brand | ||
| under an Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Basic Permit trade | ||
| name application. | ||
| (d) Failure to comply with this section constitutes grounds | ||
| to cancel or suspend a winery permit or deny an application for | ||
| renewal of a winery permit. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
