1-1 By: Armbrister S.B. No. 1114
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 1999; March 11, 1999, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development;
1-4 April 15, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6,
1-5 Nays 0; April 15, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to certain promotional activities for certain alcoholic
1-9 beverage permit holders and licensees.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 108.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
1-12 amended to read as follows:
1-13 Sec. 108.04. ACTS OF PROMOTIONAL OR COURTESY NATURE:
1-14 ADMINISTRATIVE DISCRETION. The commission may promulgate rules
1-15 which shall set definite limitations consistent with the general
1-16 provisions of this code, relaxing the restrictions of Sections
1-17 102.07, 102.14, 102.15, and 108.06 [of this code], with respect to:
1-18 (1) the sale or gift of novelties advertising the
1-19 product of a manufacturer or distributor;
1-20 (2) the making of gifts to civic, religious, or
1-21 charitable organizations;
1-22 (3) the cleaning and maintenance of coil connections
1-23 for dispensing draught beer;
1-24 (4) the lending of equipment for special occasions;
1-25 and
1-26 (5) acts of a purely courtesy nature.
1-27 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-28 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-29 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-30 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-31 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-32 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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