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  By: Smith (Senate Sponsor - Eltife) H.B. No. 2022
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015;
  April 23, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Business and Commerce; May 5, 2015, reported favorably by the
  following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 5, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the maximum capacity of a container of wine sold to a
  retail dealer; amending a provision subject to a criminal penalty.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 101.45, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.45.  CONTAINERS OF WINE: MAXIMUM CAPACITY. A
  person may not sell wine to a retail dealer in a container with a
  capacity greater than 15.5 [eight] gallons.
         SECTION 2.  (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
  only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
  Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
  the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
  before that date.
         (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
  Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
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