By: Geren (Senate Sponsor - Seliger)	H.B. No. 1039
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015;
	May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
	and Commerce; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following
	vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the sale by package stores of containers of liquor with
	a capacity of less than six fluid ounces.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 101.46(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsections (b), (c), and (d) [of
	this section], no person may import, sell, or possess with intent to
	sell any liquor in a container with a capacity of less than 20
	milliliters. A container of liquor offered for sale that has a
	capacity of less than six fluid ounces must substantially conform
	to the labeling requirements of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and
	Firearms for larger containers in which liquor is sold. Holders of
	distiller's or rectifier's permits wishing to sell liquor bottled
	in containers of less than six fluid ounces to wholesalers must sell
	such containers of liquor to wholesalers in units of unbroken,
	sealed cases. Wholesalers shall sell liquor bottled in containers
	of less than six fluid ounces to package stores in units of
	unbroken, sealed cases. [Containers of liquor with a capacity of
	less than six fluid ounces offered for sale in a package store must
	be sold in units of sealed packages featuring multiple bottles of
	liquor.]
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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