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Senate Bill 828 |
Senate Author: Van de Putte |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
House Sponsor: Guillen |
Senate Bill 828 amends the Alcoholic Beverage Code to create a distiller's agent's permit authorizing the holder of the permit to represent the holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit to solicit and take orders from a holder of a wholesaler's permit for the sale of distilled spirits manufactured by the permit holder represented by the agent and to conduct free distilled spirits tastings for consumers on the premises of the holder of a package store permit. The bill sets the annual state fee for the permit at $10 and prohibits the permit from being issued to a person until the person shows to the satisfaction of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission that the person has been employed by or has been authorized to act as the agent of the permit holder the person proposes to represent. The bill sets out authorized and prohibited practices for the holder of the permit.
Senate Bill 828 includes the holder of a distiller's or rectifier's permit among the permit holders who are authorized to participate in and conduct product tastings of alcoholic beverages at a retailer's premises but expressly not authorized to withdraw or purchase an alcoholic beverage from the holder of a wholesaler's permit or provide an alcoholic beverage for tasting on a retailer's premises that is not purchased from the retailer.