HBA-DMH H.B. 3462 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3462
By: Reyna, Arthur
Licensing & Administrative Procedures
3/21/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, a person may purchase wine from a winery locally or in
another state and bring the wine home.  However a person may not purchase
wine and have the wine shipped to his or her home.  House Bill 3462
authorizes a person to purchase wine and ship or have it shipped to his or
her residence for personal use if the person complies with certain
requirements.  

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. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 3462 amends the Alcoholic Beverage Code to authorize a person to
purchase wine and ship or have it shipped to the person's residence for
personal use if:  

_the person purchases the wine while physically present at a winery;

_the person purchasing the wine is physically present when the wine is
delivered to the person's residence; and 

_the person making the sale has verified that the person purchasing the
wine is 21 years of age or older. 

The bill requires purchased and shipped wine to be treated as an addition
to a person's personal wine collection.  

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.