88R10995 TYPED
 
  By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1322
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the purchase and sale of vintage distilled spirits by
  the holder of a package store permit or local distributor's permit.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended by adding subdivisions (30) and (31) to read as follows:
         (30)  "Vintage distilled spirits" means alcohol, spirits of
  wine, whiskey, rum, brandy, gin, or any liquor produced in whole or
  in part by the process of distillation, including all dilutions or
  mixtures of them, and are:
               (A)  a bottle or case of bottles of distilled spirits
  that:
                     (1)  are in their original manufacturer's
  unopened container;
                     (2)  are not owned by the holder of a distiller's
  and rectifier's permit or a nonresident seller's permit;
                     (3)  are not otherwise available for purchase from
  or have been offered for sale by the holder of a wholesaler's permit
  in this state within the last twelve (12) months; and
                     (4)  are possessed in this state.
         (31)  A "vintage distilled spirits seller" means a
  non-licensed person at least twenty-one (21) years of age who is:
               (A)  an administrator, executor, receiver, or other
  fiduciary who receives and sells vintage distilled spirits in
  execution of the person's fiduciary capacity;
               (B)  a creditor who receives or takes possession of
  vintage distilled spirits as security for, or in payment of, debt,
  in whole or in part;
               (C)  a public officer or court official who levies on
  vintage distilled spirits under order or process of any court or
  magistrate to sell the vintage distilled spirits in satisfaction of
  the order or process; or
               (D)  any other person who is not a permittee or
  licensee, holds no interest in a permittee or licensee, and is not
  engaged in the business of selling alcoholic beverages.
         SECTION 2.  Section 22.01, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. Sec. 22.01.  AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. The holder of a
  package store permit may:
         (1)  purchase liquor in this state from the holder of a
  winery, wholesaler's, or class B wholesaler's permit;
         (2)  purchase malt beverages in this state from the holder of
  a general or branch distributor's license;
         (2-a)  purchase vintage distilled spirits from a vintage
  distilled spirits seller;
         (3)  sell liquor and malt beverages in unbroken original
  containers on or from the holder's licensed premises at retail to
  consumers for off-premises consumption only and not for the purpose
  of resale, except that if the permittee is a hotel, the permittee
  may deliver unbroken packages of liquor and malt beverages to bona
  fide guests of the hotel in their rooms for consumption in their
  rooms;
         (4)  sell vinous liquors in original containers of not less
  than six ounces; [and]
         (5)  sell liquor to holders of passenger transportation
  permits as provided in Section 48.03; and
         (6)  sell vintage distilled spirits as provided in Section
  22.19.
         SECTION 3.  Chapter 22, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended
  by adding Section 22.19 to read as follows:
         Sec. 22.19.  PURCHASE AND SALE OF VINTAGE DISTILLED SPIRITS.
         (a)  The holder of a package store permit may purchase
  vintage distilled spirits from a vintage distilled spirits seller.
         (b)  A vintage distilled spirits seller may sell no more than
  twenty-four (24) vintage distilled spirits bottles or containers in
  any given twelve (12) month period to each premises of the holder of
  a package store permit.
         (c)  Prior to selling vintage distilled spirits purchased
  from a vintage distilled spirits seller to a consumer, the holder of
  a package store permit shall provide notice of its purchase of the
  vintage distilled spirits to the commission. The notice shall
  contain the following information:
               (1)  the name, address, state license number, and phone
  number of the holder of a package store permit purchasing vintage
  distilled spirits;
               (2)  the name, address, and phone number of the vintage
  distilled spirits seller;
               (3)  the brand name and quantity of bottles or
  containers of each vintage distilled spirits purchased;
               (4)  the date of the purchase; and
               (5)  the number of bottles or containers that the
  package store permittee has previously purchased from the same
  vintage distilled spirits seller and the dates of those purchases.
         SECTION 4.  Chapter 23, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended
  by amending Section 23.01 by adding subdivision (c) to read as
  follows:
         (c)  A local distributor's permittee may purchase vintage
  distilled spirits from a vintage distilled spirits seller subject
  to the same limitations and requirements under Section 22.19(b) and
  (c). A local distributor's permittee may sell and distribute such
  vintage distilled spirits to the mixed beverage permittees in an
  amount not to exceed six (6) bottles or containers per mixed
  beverage permittee premises during any given twelve (12) month
  period.
         SECTION 5.  Subsection (a), Section 28.07, Alcoholic
  Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  All distilled spirits and vintage distilled spirits
  sold by a holder of a mixed beverage permit must be purchased from a
  holder of a local distributor's permit in the county in which the
  premises of a mixed beverage permittee is located.
         SECTION 6.  Section 201.02, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 201.02.  "FIRST SALE" DEFINED. In this subchapter,
  "first sale":
         (1)  as applied to liquor imported into this state by the
  holder of a wholesaler's permit authorizing importation, means the
  first actual sale by the permittee to the holder of any other permit
  authorizing the retail sale of the beverage or to the holder of a
  local distributor's permit; and
         (2)  as applied to all other liquor, means the first sale,
  possession, distribution, or use in this state, except that the
  term does not include the first sale by:
               (A)  the holder of a winery permit to another holder of
  a winery permit or the holder of a wholesaler's permit; [or]
               (B)  the holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit
  to the holder of a wholesaler's permit; or
               (c)  a vintage distilled spirits seller to the holder
  of a package store permit or a local distributor's permit of vintage
  distilled spirits.
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.