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Amend HB 2593 as follows:
(1) In Section 2 of the bill, in added Section 16.011,
Alcoholic Beverage Code (Senate committee printing, page 1, line
38), strike "A winery permit may be issued for premises in a dry
area. A holder of a permit under this section" and substitute "(a)
Except as provided by Subsection (b), the holder of a winery permit
whose premises is located in a dry area".
(2) In Section 2 of the bill, in added Section 16.011(a),
Alcoholic Beverage Code (Senate committee printing, page 1, line
41), between "wine" and the semicolon insert "and bottle, label,
and package wine manufactured on the premises".
(3) In Section 2 of the bill, at the end of added Section
16.011, Alcoholic Beverage Code (Senate committee printing, page 1,
between lines 52 and 53), insert the following:
(b) The holder of a winery permit whose premises is located
in a dry area may engage in any activity authorized under Section
16.01 if, at any time when the holder held the license, the premises
was located in a wet area.
(4) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to
the bill and renumber the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill as
appropriate:
SECTION ____. Chapter 16, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended by adding Section 16.09 to read as follows:
Sec. 16.09. LOCATION OF CERTAIN PREMISES. The commission or
administrator may not suspend or cancel an original or renewal
winery permit or refuse to renew a winery permit on the basis that
the permitted premises is located in a dry area if the permit was
issued:
(1) before June 1, 2003; or
(2) when the area in which the premises is located was
a wet area.
SECTION ____. Chapter 18, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended by adding Section 18.04 to read as follows:
Sec. 18.04. LOCATION OF CERTAIN PREMISES. The commission or
administrator may not suspend or cancel an original or renewal wine
bottler's permit or refuse to renew a wine bottler's permit on the
basis that the permitted premises is located in a dry area if:
(1) the original permit was issued before June 1,
2003; and
(2) the permit holder also holds a winery permit.
SECTION ____. Not later than October 1, 2003, the Texas
Alcoholic Beverage Commission shall reissue a wine bottler's permit
to the holder of the wine bottler's permit that also holds a winery
permit that was canceled before the effective date of this Act on
the basis that the permitted premises was located in a dry area.