Amend CSHB 2098 (senate committee printing) as follows:

(1)  In SECTION 4 of the bill, in amended Section 74.10(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code (page 2, line 26), between "permit" and the period, insert "or to qualified wholesalers or other similarly situated entities outside the state".

(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill as appropriate:

SECTION ____.  Section 74.09(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  In addition to the activities authorized by Section 74.01, the holder of a brewpub license may sell beer produced under the license to the holder of a general, local, or branch distributor's license or to qualified distributors or other similarly situated entities outside the state.