86R9444 JAM-F
 
  By: Ashby H.B. No. 1610
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to powdered alcohol.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1.04(4), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (4)  "Illicit beverage" means:
                     (A)  an alcoholic beverage:
                           (i) [(A)]  manufactured, distributed,
  bought, sold, bottled, rectified, blended, treated, fortified,
  mixed, processed, warehoused, stored, possessed, imported, or
  transported in violation of this code;
                           (ii) [(B)]  on which a tax imposed by the
  laws of this state has not been paid and to which the tax stamp, if
  required, has not been affixed; or
                           (iii) [(C)]  possessed, kept, stored, owned,
  or imported with intent to manufacture, sell, distribute, bottle,
  rectify, blend, treat, fortify, mix, process, warehouse, store, or
  transport in violation of this code; or
                     (B)  powdered alcohol.
         SECTION 2.  Section 101.65, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.65.  BEVERAGES MADE FROM CERTAIN MATERIALS
  PROHIBITED. No person may manufacture, import, sell, serve, or
  possess for the purpose of sale an alcoholic beverage made from:
               (1)  any compound made from synthetic materials;
               (2)  substandard wines;
               (3)  imitation wines; [or]
               (4)  must concentrated at any time to more than 80
  degrees Balling; or
               (5)  powdered alcohol, whether alone or reconstituted.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.