Amend CSHB 1545 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill as appropriate:

SECTION ____.  Effective September 1, 2019, Section 105.081, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 105.081.  HOURS OF SALE AND CONSUMPTION: DISTILLERY. [(a)] The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit may sell and offer for sale distilled spirits for on-premises or off-premises consumption and a person may consume distilled spirits on the permitted premises during the same hours mixed beverages may be sold and offered for sale by a mixed beverage permit holder under Section 105.03(b).

[(b)     The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit may sell and offer for sale distilled spirits to ultimate consumers for off-premises consumption during the same hours as the holder of a package store permit may sell and offer for sale distilled spirits to ultimate consumers for off-premises consumption.]