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Amend HB 2104 (Senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, at the end of added Section
102.82, Alcoholic Beverage Code (page 1, line 15), insert the
following:
If a termination related to a change in ownership of the brand in
the manufacturing tier occurs, the cause of action accrues when
either the new brand owner or the transferring or selling brand
owner provides notice of termination to the distributor.
(2) Strike SECTION 2 and replace it with the following:
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of
this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that
date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. Under
existing law, it is the policy of this State that the protections
provided to distributors in Subchapters C and D, Chapter 102,
Alcoholic Beverage Code, apply to a distributor regardless of
whether there is a transfer or change of ownership of a brand in the
manufacturing tier and such causes of actions will be subject to the
same statute of limitations as any other cause of action brought
under this Chapter.