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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the delinquent payment by an alcoholic beverage |
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retailer of an account for liquor. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 102.32(d), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) Each delivery of liquor shall be accompanied by an |
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invoice giving the date of purchase. If a retailer becomes |
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delinquent in the payment of an account for liquor, the wholesale |
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dealer immediately shall report that fact in writing, including by |
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electronic [mail] or facsimile transmission, to the commission or |
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administrator. A wholesale dealer may not sell any liquor to a |
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retailer who is delinquent until the delinquent account is paid in |
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full [and cleared from the records of the commission]. An account |
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becomes delinquent if it is not paid when it is required to be paid |
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under Subsection (c). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |