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78R6122 MCK-D

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), (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 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.             
	(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.  Sections 52.01(e) and (f), Alcoholic Beverage 
Code, are repealed.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.