By: Averitt  S.B. No. 2232
         (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2009; March 31, 2009, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
  April 16, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 16, 2009,
  sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2232 By:  Averitt
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the sale of glassware and nonalcoholic beverages by
  certain wholesalers and distributors.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 102, Alcoholic Beverage
  Code, is amended by adding Section 102.071 to read as follows:
         Sec. 102.071.  SALE OF GLASSWARE AND NONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
  (a)  In this section:
               (1)  "Branded glassware" means glassware that contains
  the name, emblem, or logo of or any reference to a brand of
  alcoholic beverage.
               (2)  "Unbranded glassware" means glassware that does
  not contain the name, emblem, or logo of or any reference to a brand
  of alcoholic beverage.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Sections 102.04 and 102.07 or any other
  provision of this code, the holder of a wholesaler's permit who is
  primarily engaged in the wholesale sale of distilled spirits and
  wine may sell branded or unbranded glassware to retailers, provided
  that the glassware is not marketed or sold in a manner:
               (1)  to influence a retailer to purchase any quantity
  of alcoholic beverages;
               (2)  to affect the terms by which a retailer may
  purchase alcoholic beverages; or
               (3)  that threatens the independence of a retailer.
         (c)  Section 102.32 applies to payment for unbranded
  glassware or glassware bearing the name, emblem, or logo of a brand
  of distilled spirits or wine by the holder of a wholesaler's permit
  under Subsection (b).
         (d)  Sections 61.73 and 102.31 apply to payment for glassware
  bearing the name, emblem, or logo of a brand of malt beverage by the
  holder of a wholesaler's permit or a distributor's license.
         (e)  Section 102.32 applies to payment for a nonalcoholic
  beverage sold by the holder of a wholesaler's permit or a
  distributor's license to a retailer if:
               (1)  the nonalcoholic beverage is produced or sold by a
  manufacturer of alcoholic beverages other than malt beverages; or
               (2)  the name, emblem, logo, or brand of a manufacturer
  of alcoholic beverages other than malt beverages appears on the
  label of the nonalcoholic beverage.
         (f)  Sections 61.73 and 102.31 apply to payment for a
  nonalcoholic beverage sold by the holder of a wholesaler's permit
  or a distributor's license to a retailer if:
               (1)  the nonalcoholic beverage is produced or sold by a
  manufacturer of malt beverages; or
               (2)  the name, emblem, logo, or brand of a manufacturer
  of malt beverages appears on the label of the nonalcoholic
  beverage.
         (g)  For the purposes of Subchapters C and D, the sale, by the
  holder of a distributor's license, of a nonalcoholic beverage
  produced or sold by a manufacturer of malt beverages or that bears
  the name, emblem, logo, or brand of a manufacturer of malt beverages
  is the same as a sale of beer.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
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