By: Wentworth  S.B. No. 544
         (In the Senate - Filed February 8, 2007; March 6, 2007, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
  May 4, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 5,
  Nays 1; May 4, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to authorized activities for the holder of a distiller's
  and rectifier's permit.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 14.01, Alcoholic
  Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit may:
               (1)  manufacture distilled spirits;
               (2)  rectify, purify, and refine distilled spirits and
  wines;
               (3)  mix wines, distilled spirits, or other liquors;
               (4)  bottle, label, and package his finished products;
               (5)  sell the finished products in this state to
  holders of wholesaler's permits and to qualified persons outside
  the state; [and]
               (6)  import distilled spirits, to be used only for
  manufacturing or rectification purposes, from holders of
  nonresident seller's permits;
               (7)  sell distilled spirits to ultimate consumers in
  unbroken packages for off-premises consumption in an amount not to
  exceed 1,057 gallons annually of each different type of distilled
  spirits manufactured by the permit holder; and
               (8)  dispense free distilled spirits for consumption on
  the permitted premises.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
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