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        |  | By: Thompson of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Carona) | H.B. No. 2460 | 
      
        |  | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013; | 
      
        |  | May 2, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Business | 
      
        |  | and Commerce; May 16, 2013, reported favorably by the following | 
      
        |  | vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 16, 2013, sent to printer.) | 
    
    
      
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        |  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | 
      
        |  | AN ACT | 
      
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        |  | relating to the possession of stamps indicating the payment of | 
      
        |  | taxes by certain permittees. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Chapter 28, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended | 
      
        |  | by adding Section 28.151 to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 28.151.  POSSESSION OF CERTAIN STAMPS.  A mixed | 
      
        |  | beverage permittee may not possess a stamp used to show payment of a | 
      
        |  | tax unless the stamp is affixed to a bottle or container of liquor. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.  Chapter 32, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended | 
      
        |  | by adding Section 32.201 to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 32.201.  POSSESSION OF CERTAIN STAMPS.  A private club | 
      
        |  | registration permittee may not possess a stamp used to show payment | 
      
        |  | of a tax unless the stamp is affixed to a bottle or container of | 
      
        |  | liquor. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | 
      
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