By Reyna of Bexar                                     H.B. No. 3183
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to transportation of certain alcoholic beverages.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 42.01(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
 1-5     amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (a)  The holder of a private carrier permit who is also a
 1-7     holder of a brewer's, distiller's and rectifier's, winery,
 1-8     wholesaler's, class B wholesaler's, or wine bottler's permit may
 1-9     transport liquor from the place of purchase to the holder's [his]
1-10     place of business and from the place of sale or distribution to the
1-11     purchaser in a vehicle [vehicles] owned or leased in good faith by
1-12     the holder or in a vehicle owned or leased by the holder of a
1-13     permit issued under Chapter 35 if the transportation is for a
1-14     lawful purpose.
1-15           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-16           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-17     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-18     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-19     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-20     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.