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S.B. No. 571
AN ACT
relating to the hours of sale and consumption of wine at a winery.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 105.01, Alcoholic
Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided in Sections 105.02, 105.03, [and]
105.04, and 105.08 [of this code], no person may sell, offer for
sale, or deliver any liquor:
(1) on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, or Christmas
Day;
(2) on Sunday; or
(3) before 10 a.m. or after 9 p.m. on any other day.
SECTION 2. Chapter 105, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended
by adding Section 105.08 to read as follows:
Sec. 105.08. HOURS OF SALE AND CONSUMPTION: WINERY. The
holder of a winery permit may sell, offer for sale, and deliver
wine, and a person may consume wine on the premises of a winery:
(1) between 8 a.m. and midnight on any day except
Sunday; and
(2) between 10 a.m. and midnight on Sunday.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 571 passed the Senate on
March 21, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 1.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 571 passed the House on
May 3, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 124, Nays 15, one
present not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
______________________________
Governor