| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the approval of certain alcoholic beverages by the |
|
|
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Section 101.671(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
|
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
|
(b) On registration of a certificate of label approval |
|
|
issued by the United States Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade |
|
|
Bureau, the commission may [shall] approve the product under this |
|
|
section and issue a letter to that effect to the permittee. [The
|
|
|
commission may not require additional approval for the product
|
|
|
unless there is a change to the label or product that requires
|
|
|
reissuance of the federal certificate of label approval.] The |
|
|
commission shall accept the certificate of label approval as |
|
|
constituting full compliance with any applicable standards adopted |
|
|
under Section 5.38 regarding quality, purity, and identity of |
|
|
distilled spirits or wine. |
|
|
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |