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          AN ACT
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        relating to the maximum capacity of a container of wine sold to a  | 
      
      
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        retail dealer; amending a provision subject to a criminal penalty. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Section 101.45, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is  | 
      
      
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        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Sec. 101.45.  CONTAINERS OF WINE:  MAXIMUM CAPACITY.  A  | 
      
      
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        person may not sell wine to a retail dealer in a container with a  | 
      
      
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        capacity greater than 15.5 [eight] gallons. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies  | 
      
      
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        only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this  | 
      
      
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        Act.  For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before  | 
      
      
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        the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs  | 
      
      
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        before that date. | 
      
      
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               (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this  | 
      
      
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        Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,  | 
      
      
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        and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives  | 
      
      
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        a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as  | 
      
      
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        provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this  | 
      
      
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        Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this  | 
      
      
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        Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | 
      
      
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           President of the Senate | 
        Speaker of the House      | 
      
      
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               I certify that H.B. No. 2022 was passed by the House on April  | 
      
      
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        16, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not  | 
      
      
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        voting. | 
      
      
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        Chief Clerk of the House    | 
      
      
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               I certify that H.B. No. 2022 was passed by the Senate on May  | 
      
      
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        15, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1. | 
      
      
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        Secretary of the Senate     | 
      
      
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                         Governor        |