79R8311 AJA-D
By: Gonzales H.B. No. 2590
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of a package store tasting permit to the
holder of a wine only package store permit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 52.01(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by this subsection, the [The] holder
of a package store tasting permit may conduct product tastings of
distilled spirits, wine, beer, and malt-based or spirit-based
coolers on the permitted [licensed] premises of the holder's
package store or wine only package store during regular business
hours as provided by this section. The holder of a wine only
package store permit and a package store tasting permit may conduct
product tastings only of alcoholic beverages the permit holder is
authorized to sell under Section 24.01.
SECTION 2. Section 52.03, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 52.03. ELIGIBILITY FOR PERMIT. The commission or the
administrator may only issue a package store tasting permit to a
holder of a package store permit or wine only package store permit.
For the purposes of this code and any other law of the state or
political subdivision of the state, a package store tasting permit
may not be considered a permit authorizing the sale of alcoholic
beverages for on-premise consumption. Since no charge may be made
for a sample tasted on the premises of a package store, none of a
package store's or wine only package store's revenue may be deemed
to be revenue from the on-premise sale of alcoholic beverages.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.