HBA-ALS S.B. 1640 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1640 By: Carona Licensing & Administrative Procedures 4/28/1999 Engrossed BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE HBA-ALS S.B.1640 76(R) Under current law, a wholesaler is only authorized to transport alcoholic beverages in vehicles that are owned or leased by that wholesaler. This bill allows employees of a wholesaler to transport small quantities of alcoholic beverages in the normal course of making routine sales calls in order to increase cost-efficiency. S.B. 1640 allows a person holding an agent's permit (employee) to transport alcoholic beverages in a vehicle owned or leased by the employee if the wholesaler adds the employee's vehicle to the list of vehicles operating under the private carriers permit. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 42.01(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, to authorize the holder of a private carrier permit who holds a brewer's, distiller's and rectifier's, winery, wholesaler's, class B wholesaler's, or wine bottler's permit to transport liquor for specified lawful purposes in a vehicle owned or leased by the holder issued under Chapter 35 (Agent's Permit), in addition to a vehicle owned or leased in good faith by the holder of a private carrier permit. SECTION 2.Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 3.Emergency clause.