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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to labeling and other designations for certain malt |
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beverages. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended by amending Subdivisions (12) and (15) to read as follows: |
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(12) "Ale" or "malt liquor" means a malt beverage |
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containing more than four percent of alcohol by weight. The term |
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does not include a beverage designated by label or otherwise by a |
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name other than ale or malt liquor unless the designation is in |
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accordance with Section 101.411. |
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(15) "Beer" means a malt beverage containing one-half |
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of one percent or more of alcohol by volume and not more than four |
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percent of alcohol by weight. The term [, and] does not include a |
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beverage designated by label or otherwise by a name other than beer |
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unless the designation is in accordance with Section 101.411. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 101, Alcoholic Beverage |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 101.411 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 101.411. MALT BEVERAGE DESIGNATIONS. (a) A malt |
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beverage containing one-half of one percent or more of alcohol by |
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volume and not more than four percent of alcohol by weight that is |
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not designated by label or otherwise as "beer" may be designated as |
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"ale," "malt liquor," "bock," "pilsner," "porter," "stout," |
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"lager," or any other term signifying a class and style of malt |
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beverage recognized by the brewing industry if the label of the |
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beverage also contains a statement of the beverage's alcohol |
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content or a symbol approved by the commission, if the statement or |
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symbol identifies the beverage to be not more than four percent |
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alcohol by weight. |
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(b) A malt beverage containing more than four percent of |
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alcohol by weight that is not designated as "ale" or "malt liquor" |
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may be designated by label or otherwise as a "beer," "bock," |
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"pilsner," "porter," "stout," "lager," or any other term signifying |
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a class and style of malt beverage recognized by the brewing |
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industry if the label of the beverage also contains a statement of |
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the beverage's alcohol content or a symbol approved by the |
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commission, if the statement or symbol identifies the beverage to |
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be more than four percent alcohol by weight. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |