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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the payment for liquor by a wholesaler. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 102.31(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies to: |
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(1) the sale of malt beverages or malt beverage |
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containers or the original packages in which malt beverages are |
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received, packaged, or contained by a distributor's licensee to a |
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retail dealer's on-premise or off-premise licensee, a wine and malt |
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beverage retailer's permittee, or a wine and malt beverage |
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retailer's off-premise permittee; [and] |
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(2) the sale of malt beverages by a local distributor's |
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permittee, or by any licensee authorized to sell those beverages |
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for resale, to a mixed beverage permittee; |
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(3) the sale of liquor by a distiller's and rectifier's |
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permittee, winery permittee, rectifier who is a nonresident |
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seller's permittee, or by any permittee authorized to sell those |
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beverages for resale to a wholesaler's permittee; |
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(4) the sale of vinous liquors by a distiller's and |
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rectifier's permittee, winery permittee, wine manufacturer who is a |
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nonresident seller's permittee, or by any permittee authorized to |
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sell those beverages for resale to a class B wholesaler permittee; |
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and |
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(5) the sale of liquor by any permittee authorized to |
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sell those beverages for resale to a local distributor's permittee. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |