80R6626 AJA-D
 
  By: Isett H.B. No. 1541
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to preannouncement of certain promotional events and
purchases by certain alcoholic beverage permit holders.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 102.07(g), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
       (g)  Subsection (a) does not prohibit a permittee covered
under Subsection (a) from prearranging or preannouncing a
promotional activity otherwise permitted by this code with a
retailer about a promotional activity to be held on the retailer's
premises. A holder of a wholesaler's or class B wholesaler's permit
may prearrange a promotional activity only for distilled spirits or
wine. A permittee may [not]:
             (1)  preannounce a promotion to a consumer[, if the
permittee is the holder of a wholesaler's or class B wholesaler's
permit]; or
             (2)  preannounce the purchase of wine or distilled
spirits to a consumer.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.