By:  Maxey                                             H.B. No. 335
       73R2520 DWS-F
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the sale of ale by certain breweries.
    1-3        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Chapter 12, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended
    1-5  by adding Section 12.05 to read as follows:
    1-6        Sec. 12.05.  SALES BY CERTAIN BREWERS.  The holder of a
    1-7  brewer's permit whose annual production of ale in this state does
    1-8  not exceed 75,000 barrels may sell ale produced under the permit to
    1-9  those persons to whom the holder of a general class B wholesaler's
   1-10  permit may sell malt liquor under Section 20.01(3) of this code.
   1-11  With regard to such a sale, the brewer has the same authority and
   1-12  is subject to the same requirements as apply to a sale made by the
   1-13  holder of a general class B wholesaler's permit.
   1-14        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
   1-15        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
   1-16  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   1-17  emergency   and   an   imperative   public   necessity   that   the
   1-18  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   1-19  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.