By: Madla S.B. No. 1370
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disposition of certain tax revenue for the
protection of grape and wine production.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 205.02, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) An amount equal to 75 percent of the increase in the
receipts from the sale of tax stamps and funds derived from taxes on
wine produced in a state other than Texas, as measured by comparing
that biennium's receipts and funds, as projected by the
comptroller, to the receipts and funds from fiscal year 2005 plus an
amount equal to the average percentage growth of funds derived from
taxes on wine produced in this state between fiscal year 1999
through fiscal year 2004, for each fiscal year as projected by the
comptroller, may be appropriated only to the Department of
Agriculture or Texas institutions of higher education for the
purposes for the purposes of eliminating and eradicating Pierce's
disease, the glassy-winged sharpshooter, and other diseases and
pests that negatively impact the production of grapes and wine in
the United States or developing technologies or practices that
could benefit the production of grapes and wine in the United
States. This subsection expires September 1, 2010.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.