87R23301 MCF-F     By: Collier H.B. No. 3976     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3976:     By:  Hernandez C.S.H.B. No. 3976       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authorized activities of a manufacturer's agent's   warehousing permit holder.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 55.01(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, as   effective September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:          (a)  The holder of a manufacturer's agent's warehousing   permit may:                (1)  receive malt beverages from one license holder   that is authorized to sell the malt beverages to licensed   distributors in this state [the holder of a nonresident brewer's   license] and store the alcoholic beverages on the permitted   premises;                (2)  ship, cause to be shipped, sell, and otherwise   transfer the malt beverages to licensed distributors in this state   who are authorized to receive the malt beverages and to persons   outside this state who are qualified to receive the malt beverages   under the regulatory laws of the state or other jurisdiction in   which the malt beverages are received; [and]                (3)  return malt beverages to the license holder   [brewer] from which they were originally received; and                (4)  unpack, repack, or co-pack malt beverages of the   same brand in any combination or configuration as permissible for   the license holder for whom the permittee is an agent.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.