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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the handling of illicit alcoholic beverages seized by a |
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peace officer. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 103.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 103.06. BEVERAGE SEIZED BY PEACE OFFICER [DELIVERED TO |
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COMMISSION]. Any alcoholic beverage, its container, and its |
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packaging which has been seized by a peace officer, as provided in |
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Section 103.03: |
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(1) [of this code,] may not be replevied; and |
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(2) shall be: |
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(A) destroyed or disposed of by a peace officer; |
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or |
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(B) [be] delivered to the commission for |
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immediate public or private sale in the manner the commission |
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considers best. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |