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	Amend CSSB 1255 by adding the following:                                     
	Section 103.07, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended to read 
as follows:      
	Sec. 103.07. BEVERAGE OF ILLICIT MANUFACTURE OR UNFIT FOR 
CONSUMPTION.  (a)  The commission may not sell [but may destroy] 
alcoholic beverages seized by a peace officer, as provided in 
Section 103.03, that are unfit for public consumption or are of 
illicit manufacture.
	(b)  Alcoholic beverages are unfit for public consumption if:           
		(1)  the manufacturer or wholesaler of the beverages 
determines that the beverages are inappropriate for sale to a 
consumer;
		(2)  the beverages are damaged; or                                     
		(3)  the code date affixed by the manufacturer to the 
beverages has expired.
	(c)  If the commission determines that seized alcoholic 
beverages are unfit for public consumption or are of illicit 
manufacture, the commission shall destroy the alcoholic beverages.
	SECTION 26. Section 103.22, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 103.22. COSTS OF FORFEITURE SUITS.  The commission is 
entitled to recover from the proceeds of a forfeiture sale [shall 
pay] all costs of a  forfeiture suit brought under this chapter, 
including:
		(1)  all usual court costs, including the cost of 
serving process;   
		(2)  expenses of the forfeiture sale; and                              
		(3) reasonable attorney's fees [suits out of the 
confiscated liquor fund or any other fund available to the 
commission for that purpose].