88R8400 SCP-D
 
  By: Creighton S.B. No. 1932
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to authorizing secondary wine sales; requiring a
  registration; authorizing an administrative penalty; authorizing a
  fee and a tax.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Title 4, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended by
  adding Chapter 111 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 111.  SECONDARY WINE SALES
         Sec. 111.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Permitted restaurant" means a restaurant that
  holds:
                     (A)  a mixed beverage permit, a wine and malt
  beverage retailer's permit, or a private club registration permit;
  and
                     (B)  a food and beverage certificate.
               (2)  "Registered wine collector" means the holder of a
  collector's registration number issued by the commission under this
  chapter.
         Sec. 111.002.  COLLECTOR'S REGISTRATION.  (a)  A person may
  be registered as a wine collector under this chapter only if the
  person:
               (1)  passes a basic background check;
               (2)  pays a fee established by the commission in
  accordance with Section 5.50; and
               (3)  fulfills any other requirement prescribed by
  commission rule.
         (b)  The commission shall issue a unique wine collector's
  registration number to each registered wine collector.
         Sec. 111.003.  AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. A registered wine
  collector may sell to a permitted restaurant wine that is:
               (1)  lawfully owned by the collector;
               (2)  in an original container sealed by the
  manufacturer; and
               (3)  manufactured not less than 20 years before the
  date the collector sells the wine to a permitted restaurant.
         Sec. 111.004.  PURCHASE BY RESTAURANT; SALE TO CONSUMER.  A
  permitted restaurant may purchase wine from a registered wine
  collector and sell that wine to an ultimate consumer for
  on-premises consumption in accordance with the permit held by the
  permitted restaurant.
         Sec. 111.005.  RECORDS. (a)  A permitted restaurant that
  purchases wine under this chapter shall maintain a record of each
  purchase. A permitted restaurant shall maintain the record until
  the second anniversary of the date the restaurant sells the wine to
  an ultimate consumer.
         (b)  The record, at a minimum, must include:
               (1)  the name and registration number of the registered
  wine collector who sold the wine to the permitted restaurant;
               (2)  a description of the wine;
               (3)  details of the transaction between the registered
  wine collector and the permitted restaurant; and
               (4)  any documents that support the provenance of the
  wine.
         (c)  A permitted restaurant shall make a record of a wine
  purchase made under this chapter available upon request to the
  ultimate consumer who purchases the wine. The ultimate consumer
  may request the records either before or after the sale to the
  consumer.  The permitted restaurant may redact from the record the
  price the restaurant paid for the wine.
         (d)  The commission shall assess an administrative penalty
  in the amount of $500 against a permitted restaurant for each
  violation of this section.
         Sec. 111.006.  TAX. A permitted restaurant shall pay a tax
  of $1.00 for each container of wine purchased by the restaurant
  under this chapter. The permitted restaurant shall remit the tax
  imposed under this section in the same manner as a tax imposed on
  liquor under Subchapter A, Chapter 201.
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission shall adopt
  rules necessary to implement Chapter 111, Alcoholic Beverage Code,
  as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.