78R8952 MCK-D

By:  Van de Putte                                                 S.B. No. 1391



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repealed.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.