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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the hours for the sale or delivery of certain alcoholic |
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beverages. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 24.07, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 24.07. WHEN LICENSE ALSO HELD: HOURS OF SALE, ETC. A |
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holder of a wine only package store permit who also holds a retail |
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dealer's off-premise license for the same location may remain open |
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and sell ale, wine, vinous liquors, and beer, for off-premises |
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consumption only, on any day and during the same hours that the |
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holder of a wine and beer retailer's permit may sell ale, beer, and |
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wine, except that the permit holder [he] may not sell wine or vinous |
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liquor containing more than 17 percent alcohol by volume [on a
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Sunday or] after 10 p.m. on any day. |
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SECTION 2. Section 105.01, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 105.01. HOURS OF SALE: LIQUOR. (a) Except as |
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provided in Sections 105.02, 105.03, 105.04, and 105.08, no person |
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may sell, offer for sale, or deliver any liquor[:
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[(1)
on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, or Christmas
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Day;
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[(2) on Sunday; or
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[(3)] before 10 a.m. or after 9 p.m. on any [other] |
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day. |
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(b) A person may not sell or offer for sale liquor on more |
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than six days during a week. [When Christmas Day or New Year's Day
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falls on a Sunday, Subsection (a) of this section applies to the
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following Monday.] |
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SECTION 3. Section 105.02, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 105.02. HOURS OF SALE: WHOLESALERS AND LOCAL |
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DISTRIBUTORS TO RETAILERS. (a) A holder of a wholesaler's permit |
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may sell, offer for sale, or deliver liquor to a retailer anytime |
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except a day on which a package store permittee is prohibited from |
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selling liquor [Sunday and Christmas Day]. |
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(b) A local distributor's permittee may sell, offer for |
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sale, or deliver liquor to a retailer between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. on |
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any day except[:
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[(1) Sunday;
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[(2) Christmas Day; or
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[(3)] a day on which a package store permittee is |
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prohibited from selling liquor. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |