By: Williams S.B. No. 350
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the storage of certain imported alcoholic beverages.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 55.03, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 55.03.  ELIGIBILITY FOR PERMIT. A manufacturer's
  agent's warehousing permit may be issued to an entity:
               (1)  that receives beer, ale, or malt liquor from [of
  which at least 50 percent of the ownership interests are owned by]
  another entity, or that other entity's immediate successor in
  interest, that:
                     (A)  is located and chartered in the United
  Mexican States;
                     (B)  has held a nonresident manufacturer's
  license, nonresident brewer's permit, and a nonresident seller's
  permit for the two years preceding the date of the application; and
                     (C)  during each of those two years has shipped or
  caused to be shipped into this state for ultimate sale to qualified
  distributors and wholesalers in this state at least one-half
  million barrels of beer, ale, or malt liquor of the various brands
  manufactured or brewed by the entity; and
               (2)  whose employees, located in this state or
  elsewhere, hold permits and licenses issued under Chapters 36 and
  73 to perform the activities authorized under those chapters on
  behalf of the entity.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.