TITLE: Relating to the sale of ale and beer by certain brewers and manufacturers to ultimate consumers for on-premises consumption.

SUMMARY: Relating to the sale of ale and beer by certain brewers and manufacturers to ultimate consumers for on-premises consumption.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the sale of ale and beer by certain brewers and manufacturers to ultimate consumers for on-premises consumption. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 12.052(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) In addition to the activities authorized by Section 12.01, the holder of a brewer's permit [whose annual production of ale, together with the annual production of beer by the holder of a manufacturer's license at all premises wholly or partly owned, directly or indirectly, by the permit holder or an affiliate or subsidiary of the permit holder, does not exceed a total of 225,000 barrels] may sell ale produced on the brewer's premises under the permit to ultimate consumers on the brewer's premises for responsible consumption on the brewer's premises. SECTION 2. Section 62.122(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) A manufacturer's licensee [whose annual production of beer, together with the annual production of ale by the holder of a brewer's permit at all premises wholly or partly owned, directly or indirectly, by the license holder or an affiliate or subsidiary of the license holder, does not exceed 225,000 barrels] may sell beer produced on the manufacturer's premises under the license to ultimate consumers on the manufacturer's premises for responsible consumption on the manufacturer's premises. SECTION 3. The following provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Code are repealed: (1) Sections 12.052(c), (d), (e), and (f); and (2) Sections 62.122(c), (d), (e), and (f). SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.