86R6031 BEE-D
 
  By: Hernandez H.B. No. 2165
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the sale by certain alcoholic beverage permit or
  license holders of alcoholic beverages at a cost below the cost to
  the seller.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 109, Alcoholic Beverage
  Code, is amended by adding Section 109.65 to read as follows:
         Sec. 109.65.  CERTAIN RETAIL SALES BELOW COST PROHIBITED.
  (a) A person who holds a permit or license authorizing the retail
  sale of alcoholic beverages may not sell an alcoholic beverage at
  retail at a cost less than the retailer's cost.
         (b)  Proof of the retailer's cost for alcoholic beverages
  shall:
               (1)  become a part of the permanent records of each
  person who holds a permit or license authorizing the retail sale of
  alcoholic beverages; and
               (2)  be available for a period of two years for
  inspection by the commission.
         (c)  This section does not apply to the sale of a specific
  alcoholic beverage product if:
               (1)  the manufacturer of the product has discontinued
  the production, importation, or market availability of the product;
  or
               (2)  the retailer liquidates, by sale or destruction,
  all of the retailer's inventory of the product the retailer has on
  the date the retailer begins to sell the product at a cost less than
  the retailer's cost.
         (d)  A retailer who liquidates a specific alcoholic beverage
  product as authorized by Subsection (c)(2) may not sell the product
  at a cost less than the retailer's cost before the second
  anniversary of the date the retailer completes the liquidation of
  the product.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.