Amend HB 3578 on third reading as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 2308.317,
Government Code, at the end of the section, by adding the
following:
(c) Fifty cents of the tax imposed on each sale of beer
under Section 203.01, Alcoholic Beverage Code, shall be used for
quality child care programs as provided by this section.
(2) Add the following section, appropriately numbered, and
renumber the subsequent sections as follows:
SECTION __. Section 203.01, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 203.01. TAX ON BEER. A tax is imposed on the first
sale of beer manufactured in this state or imported into this state
at the rate of $6.50 <six dollars> per barrel.