By Craddick H.B. No. 678 74R138 MWV-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the capacity of a container of beer. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 1.04(18), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 1-5 amended to read as follows: 1-6 (18) "Original package," as applied to beer, means a 1-7 container holding 50 liters, one barrel, one-half barrel, 1-8 one-quarter barrel, or one-eighth barrel of beer in bulk, or any 1-9 box, crate, carton, or other device used in packing beer that is 1-10 contained in bottles or other containers. 1-11 SECTION 2. Section 101.44, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 1-12 amended to read as follows: 1-13 Sec. 101.44. CONTAINERS OF BEER: CAPACITIES. No person may 1-14 possess, sell, or transport any beer except in containers having a 1-15 capacity of 50 liters, one barrel, one-half barrel, one-quarter 1-16 barrel, or one-eighth barrel, or in bottles or cans having a 1-17 capacity of 32, 24, 16, 12, 8, or 7 fluid ounces. 1-18 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-19 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.