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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the administrative fee on the importation of certain |
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alcoholic beverages for personal consumption. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 107.07(a) and (b), Alcoholic Beverage |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A Texas resident may import not more than one quart of |
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liquor for the resident's [his] own personal use without being |
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required to hold a permit. A Texas resident may import for the |
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resident's [his] own personal use not more than three gallons of |
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wine without being required to hold a permit. A nonresident of |
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Texas may import not more than a gallon of liquor for the |
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nonresident's [his] own personal use without being required to hold |
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a permit. A person importing liquor into the state under this |
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subsection must pay the state tax on liquor and an administrative |
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fee of $1 [50 cents] and must affix the required tax stamps. No |
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minor and no intoxicated person may import any liquor into the |
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state. A person importing wine or liquor under this subsection must |
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personally accompany the wine or liquor as it enters the state. A |
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person may not use [avail himself of] the exemptions set forth in |
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this subsection more than once every thirty days. |
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(b) A person may import beer into this state for the |
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person's [his] own personal use without being required to hold a |
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license, but may not import more than 24 twelve-ounce bottles or an |
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equivalent quantity in any one thirty-day period. The person [He] |
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must pay the state tax on beer and an administrative fee of $1 [50
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cents]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |