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78R6424 MCK-D

By:  Homer                                                        H.B. No. 2114



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the size of containers for certain alcoholic beverages.           
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 101.44, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 101.44.  CONTAINERS OF BEER:  CAPACITIES.  A [No] person 
may not possess, sell, or transport [any] beer in a container
[except in containers] having a capacity of less than four [of one 
barrel, one-half barrel, one-quarter barrel, or one-eighth barrel, 
or in bottles or cans having a capacity of 32, 24, 16, 12, 8, or 7] 
fluid ounces.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective date 
of this Act.
	(b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this 
Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, 
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	(c)  For the purposes of this section, an offense is 
committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of 
the offense occurs before that date.