78R8286 MCK-F
By: Flores H.B. No. 1510
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to package store tasting permits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 52.01(b), (e), (j), and (k), Alcoholic
Beverage Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) Written notification of a product tasting must be posted
on the licensed premises of the permit holder's package store [made
to the commission by mailing a letter to the commission] not later
than 48 [72] hours before the tasting event. The notification shall
clearly state:
(1) the type and brand of alcoholic beverage to be
tasted;
(2) the date and hours the tasting is to take place;
and
(3) the address of the premises where the tasting is to
occur.
(e) Not more than 20 different products may be made
available for tasting at [At] any one time[, not more than two of
the following categories may be tasted:
[(1) distilled spirits;
[(2) wine; or
[(3) beer and coolers].
(j) At the conclusion of the tasting, all empty or open
containers of alcoholic beverages used in the tasting shall be
removed from the premises or stored in a locked, secure area on the
licensed premises.
(k) A tasting event authorized by this section may not be
advertised except by on-site communications, [or] by direct mail,
by electronic mail, or on the permit holder's Internet website.
SECTION 2. Section 52.01(f), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.