By: Deuell  S.B. No. 923
         (In the Senate - Filed February 24, 2011; March 8, 2011,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
  May 12, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 12, 2011,
  sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 923 By:  Jackson
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to creating a branch winery permit.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (d), Section 11.39, Alcoholic
  Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (d)  This section does not apply to an applicant for a daily
  temporary mixed beverage permit, a branch winery permit, or a
  caterer's permit.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 16.01, 16.011, 16.02, 16.03, 16.04,
  16.05, 16.06, 16.07, 16.08, and 16.09, Alcoholic Beverage Code, are
  designated as Subchapter A, Chapter 16, Alcoholic Beverage Code,
  and a heading is added to Subchapter A to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER A. WINERY PERMIT
         SECTION 3.  Chapter 16, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended
  by adding Subchapter B to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER B. BRANCH WINERY PERMIT
         Sec. 16.21.  AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. The holder of a branch
  winery permit may engage in the same activities as the holder of a
  winery permit.
         Sec. 16.22.  FEE. The annual state fee for a branch winery
  permit is $75.
         Sec. 16.23.  BOND NOT REQUIRED. An applicant for a branch
  winery permit is not required to file a bond.
         Sec. 16.24.  ISSUANCE OF LICENSE. A branch winery permit may
  be issued only:
               (1)  to the holder of a winery permit who also holds a
  federal winemaker's and blender's basic permit that regulates
  noncontiguous premises; and
               (2)  for the noncontiguous premises regulated by the
  federal winemaker's and blender's basic permit that are not the
  winery permit holder's primary place of business.
         Sec. 16.25.  EXPIRATION OF PERMIT. A branch winery permit
  expires on the same date as the holder's winery permit.
         Sec. 16.26.  APPLICATION. An application for an original or
  renewal branch winery permit may be made concurrently with the
  application for an original or renewal winery permit or at any other
  time.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
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