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By: Geren (Senate Sponsor - Eltife) |
H.B. No. 1348 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015; |
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May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business |
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and Commerce; May 15, 2015, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 15, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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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(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) On registration of a certificate of label approval |
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issued by the United States Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade |
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Bureau, the commission shall approve the product under this section |
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and issue a letter to that effect to the permittee. The commission |
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may not require additional approval for the product unless there is |
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a 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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only with any applicable standards adopted under Section 5.38 |
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regarding quality, purity, and identity of distilled spirits or |
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wine. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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