88R19889 MPF-F     By: Hernandez H.B. No. 3712       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to authorizing a holder of a distributor's license to   provide samples of malt beverages to retailers.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 102.02, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 102.02.  PROVIDING SAMPLES.  (a) Notwithstanding any   other provision of this code, the holder of a wholesaler's permit or   distributor's license or the holder's agent, representative, or   employee may furnish or give a sample of liquor or malt beverages to   a holder of a permit or license authorizing the sale of that   category of alcoholic beverage at retail if the retail permittee or   licensee has not previously purchased that brand from that   wholesaler permittee or distributor licensee.          (b)  The liquor or malt beverages provided as a sample under   Subsection (a) [wholesaler] may [give the retail permittee] not be   more than:                (1)  750 milliliters of any brand of distilled spirits;                (2)  [, not more than] three liters of any brand of   wine; and                (3)  72 ounces [in that package, and not more than one   six-pack] of any brand of malt [other alcoholic] beverage [so   packaged].          (c)  The holder of a retail permit or license authorizing the   sale of liquor or malt beverages [permittee] or the permittee's or   licensee's agent, servant, or employee may sample the alcoholic   beverage provided under Subsection (a) [the product] on the   permitted or licensed retail [licensed] premises only if:                (1)  the holder of the wholesaler's permit or   distributor's license is present; [wholesaler] or                (2)  the wholesaler's or distributor's agent, servant,   or employee is present.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.