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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the transportation of alcoholic beverages between |
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certain licensed or permitted premises. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 22.08, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 22.08. TRANSFER OF BEVERAGES. The owner of more than |
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one package store who is also the holder of a local cartage permit |
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may transfer alcoholic beverages between any of the owner's [his] |
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licensed premises in the same county or in adjacent counties |
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between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. on any day when the sale of |
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those beverages is legal, subject to rules prescribed by the |
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commission. |
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SECTION 2. Section 24.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 24.04. DESIGNATION OF PLACE OF STORAGE. The owner of |
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more than one wine only package store who is also the holder of a |
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local cartage permit may designate one of the owner's [his] places |
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of business as a place of storage. The owner [He] may transfer |
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alcoholic beverages to and from the owner's [his] place of storage |
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and the owner's [his] other stores in the same county or a county |
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adjacent to the county in which the place of storage is located, |
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subject to rules prescribed by the commission. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to the transport of an alcoholic beverage on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. The transport of an alcoholic beverage before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect |
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immediately before that date, and that law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |