BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center                                                                                                      S.B. 1692

                                                                                                                                         By: Duncan

Intergovernmental Relations

6/3/2005

Enrolled

AUTHOR'S/SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

Section 45.03 (Eligibility for Permit; Restrictions; Exceptions), Alcoholic Beverage Code requires wineries to store their product in the same county in which it is produced.  However, many Texas wineries do not have bonded warehouses located in the county in which the winery is located.

S.B. 1692 amends current law to allow a winery to obtain storage permits either within the county or outside the county in which the winery is located.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 45.03(c), Alcoholic Beverage Code, as follows:

(c)  Prohibits a storage permit, except as provided by this subsection, from being issued for a location outside the county in which the permittee's business is located.  Authorizes the holder of a winery permit, subject to Section 45.04 (Winery Storage Permit), to obtain a storage permit for a location inside or outside the county in which the permit holder's business is located.

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  September 1, 2005.