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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authorization of distributors to provide malt |
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beverage products to retailers for authorized sampling purposes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 102.02, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 102.02. PROVIDING SAMPLES. Notwithstanding any other |
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provision of this code, the holder of a wholesaler's or |
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distributor's permit or the holder's agent, representative, or |
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employee may furnish or give a sample of liquor or malt beverages to |
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a holder of a permit authorizing the sale of that category of |
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alcoholic beverage at retail if the retail permittee has not |
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previously purchased that brand from that wholesaler or distributor |
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permittee. The wholesaler or distributor may give the retail |
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permittee not more than 750 milliliters of any brand of distilled |
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spirits, not more than three liters of any brand of wine in that |
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package, and not more than one six pack72 ounces of any other |
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alcoholic beverage so packaged. The retail permittee or the |
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permittee's agent, servant, or employee may sample the product on |
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the licensed premises only if the wholesaler or distributor the |
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wholesaler's or distributor's agent, servant, or employee is |
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present. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |