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        |  | AN ACT | 
      
        |  | relating to the transfer of alcoholic beverages for manufacturing | 
      
        |  | purposes between certain permit and license holders. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 14.01, Alcoholic | 
      
        |  | Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit may: | 
      
        |  | (1)  manufacture distilled spirits; | 
      
        |  | (2)  rectify, purify, and refine distilled spirits and | 
      
        |  | wines; | 
      
        |  | (3)  mix wines, distilled spirits, or other liquors; | 
      
        |  | (4)  bottle, label, and package the permit holder's | 
      
        |  | finished products; | 
      
        |  | (5)  sell the finished products in this state to | 
      
        |  | holders of wholesaler's permits and to qualified persons outside | 
      
        |  | the state; | 
      
        |  | (6)  purchase [ import] distilled spirits, to be used | 
      
        |  | only for manufacturing or rectification purposes, from holders of | 
      
        |  | nonresident seller's permits or distiller's and rectifier's | 
      
        |  | permits; and | 
      
        |  | (7)  dispense free distilled spirits for consumption on | 
      
        |  | the permitted premises. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 109, Alcoholic Beverage | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended by adding Sections 109.63 and 109.64 to read as | 
      
        |  | follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 109.63.  BULK TRANSFERS BETWEEN CERTAIN PERMITTEES AND | 
      
        |  | LICENSEES.  (a)  This section applies to the holder of a brewer's | 
      
        |  | permit, distiller's and rectifier's permit, winery permit, wine | 
      
        |  | bottler's permit, or manufacturer's license. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a | 
      
        |  | permittee or licensee described by Subsection (a) may transfer in | 
      
        |  | bulk an alcoholic beverage produced by the permittee or licensee to | 
      
        |  | any other permittee or licensee described by that subsection | 
      
        |  | provided that: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the alcoholic beverage transferred is used only | 
      
        |  | for manufacturing purposes by the recipient; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  the transfer is permitted by federal law. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 109.64.  BULK PURCHASE BY HOLDER OF INDUSTRIAL PERMIT. | 
      
        |  | Section 102.32 applies to the bulk purchase of liquor by the holder | 
      
        |  | of an industrial permit from the holder of a wholesaler's permit. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
      
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        |  | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 652 passed the Senate on | 
      
        |  | March 13, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | 
      
        |  | the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 23, 2013, by the | 
      
        |  | following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Secretary of the Senate | 
      
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        |  | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 652 passed the House, with | 
      
        |  | amendment, on May 20, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, | 
      
        |  | Nays 0, one present not voting. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
      
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        |  | Approved: | 
      
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        |  | Governor |