On February 7, 2013 the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (“TABC”) issued an advisory, MPA053, entitled Promotional Activity Prearrangement/Preannouncement for Beer, which announces an amendment to 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 45.113, allowing beer manufacturers and distributors to prearrange and preannounce promotions at all on and off premise retail locations. Existing law (Tex. Alco. Bev. Code Ann. § 102.07(g)) permits distilled spirits and wine manufacturers and wholesalers to prearrange and preannounce promotional activities at retail premises (see MPB023), but beer manufacturers and wholesalers were excluded. Bar spending, sampling, appearances by agents, etc., could not be prearranged with the retailer or preannounced to consumers for beer; they had to be spontaneous. With this amendment, beer manufacturers and distributors are put on equal footing with spirits and wine suppliers and will be allowed to preannounce, or advertise, their promotional activities to consumers by means of email, TV, print, and digital media. These announcements may include event details, such as the date, time and location of the event. The amendment will enable beer manufacturers and distributors to more effectively prearrange their promotional activities.

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