81R9731 AJA-D
 
  By: Truitt H.B. No. 2755
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the delinquent payment by an alcoholic beverage
  retailer of an account for liquor.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 102.32(d), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  Each delivery of liquor shall be accompanied by an
  invoice giving the date of purchase.  If a retailer becomes
  delinquent in the payment of an account for liquor, the wholesale
  dealer immediately shall report that fact in writing, including by
  electronic [mail] or facsimile transmission, to the commission or
  administrator.  A wholesale dealer may not sell any liquor to a
  retailer who is delinquent until the delinquent account is paid in
  full [and cleared from the records of the commission].  An account
  becomes delinquent if it is not paid when it is required to be paid
  under Subsection (c).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.