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By: Carona |
S.B. No. 962 |
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(In the Senate - Filed February 28, 2013; March 12, 2013, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; |
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April 15, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1; April 15, 2013, |
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sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 962 |
By: Carona |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the approval of certain alcoholic beverages by the |
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Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 101.671, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection |
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(b-1) to read as follows: |
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(a) Before an authorized permittee may ship distilled |
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spirits or wine into the state or sell distilled spirits or wine |
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within the state, the permittee must register the distilled spirits |
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or wine with the commission. Except for rare or vintage wine that |
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is acquired at auction and for which no certificate is available, |
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the [The] registration application must include a certificate of |
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label approval issued by the United States Alcohol and Tobacco Tax |
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and Trade Bureau for the product. Rare or vintage wine purchased at |
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auction and registered by the commission under this subsection must |
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comply with all other provisions of this code, including provisions |
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regarding the sale, purchase, importation, and distribution of that |
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wine. |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), on [On] |
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registration of a certificate of label approval issued by the |
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United States Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, the |
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commission shall approve the product under this section and issue a |
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letter to that effect to the permittee. The commission may not |
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require additional approval for the product unless there is a |
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change to the label or product that requires reissuance of the |
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federal certificate of label approval. The commission shall accept |
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the certificate of label approval as constituting full compliance |
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with any applicable standards adopted under Section 5.38 regarding |
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quality, purity, and identity of distilled spirits or wine. |
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(b-1) The commission may refuse to register a product under |
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this section if the product violates this code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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