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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain novelty items advertising or promoting |
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alcoholic beverages. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 108.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 108.04. ACTS OF PROMOTIONAL OR COURTESY NATURE: |
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ADMINISTRATIVE DISCRETION. (a) The commission may promulgate rules |
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which shall set definite limitations consistent with the general |
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provisions of this code, relaxing the restrictions of Sections |
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102.07, 102.14, 102.15, and 108.06, with respect to: |
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(1) the sale or gift of novelties advertising the |
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product of a manufacturer or distributor; |
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(2) the making of gifts to civic, religious, or |
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charitable organizations; |
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(3) the cleaning and maintenance of coil connections |
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for dispensing draught beer; |
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(4) the lending of equipment for special occasions; |
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and |
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(5) acts of a purely courtesy nature. |
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(b) Rules adopted under this chapter may not limit the value |
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of a novelty item described by Subsection (a)(1) to an amount that |
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is less than $3 per unit wholesale cost. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |