By: Bernsen S.B. No. 1676
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the ingredients used in the production of alcoholic
1-2 beverages.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 101.65, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 101.65. BEVERAGES MADE FROM CERTAIN MATERIALS
1-7 PROHIBITED. No person may manufacture, import, sell, or possess
1-8 for the purpose of sale an alcoholic beverage made from:
1-9 (1) [dried grapes, dried fruits, or dried berries;]
1-10 [(2)] any compound made from synthetic materials;
1-11 (2) [(3)] substandard wines;
1-12 (3) [(4)] imitation wines; or
1-13 (4) [(5)] must concentrated at any time to more than
1-14 80 degrees Balling.
1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-16 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.