BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 2546 |
By: Springer |
Licensing & Administrative Procedures |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
With the popularity of home brewing reportedly growing throughout Texas, interested parties cite an inconsistency in current law regarding the locations at which competitions for home-brewers to compare their products with others may be held. C.S.H.B. 2546 seeks to address this inconsistency by amending the applicable law.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 2546 amends the Alcoholic Beverage Code to specify that a person's authority to deliver home-produced wine, ale, malt liquor, or beer, produced and manufactured by the person to locations for the purpose of submitting those products to an evaluation at certain organized tasting competitions or by certain reviewers applies to delivery to a location licensed or not licensed under the Alcoholic Beverage Code.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2015.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 2546 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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