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        |  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | 
      
        |  | AN ACT | 
      
        |  | relating to importation of liquor by local distributors. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Section 23.01, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (c)  A local distributor's permittee may: | 
      
        |  | (1)  purchase and import liquor from a distiller, | 
      
        |  | winery, wine bottler, or rectifier who holds a nonresident seller's | 
      
        |  | permit; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  place an order to purchase and import liquor with a | 
      
        |  | holder of a manufacturer's agent's permit who is an agent for a | 
      
        |  | person described by Subdivision (1). | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |