H.B. No. 1518

	AN ACT
	relating to the hours for selling alcoholic beverages in certain
	establishments.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 24.07, Alcoholic Beverage Code, as
	effective September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 24.07.  HOURS OF SALE.  A holder of a wine only package
	store permit may remain open and sell malt beverages, wine, and
	vinous liquors, for off-premises consumption only, on any day and
	during the same hours as those prescribed for the sale of malt
	beverages under Section 105.05 [that the holder of a wine and malt
	beverage retailer's permit may sell malt beverages and wine],
	except that the permittee may not sell wine or vinous liquor
	containing more than 17 percent alcohol by volume on a Sunday or
	after 10 p.m. on any day.
	SECTION 2.  Section 105.01(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided in Sections 105.02, 105.03, 105.04,
	[and] 105.08, and 105.091, 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 3.  Section 105.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code, as
	effective September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 105.04.  HOURS OF SALE: WINE AND MALT BEVERAGE
	RETAILER.  The hours of sale and delivery for alcoholic beverages
	sold under a wine and malt beverage retailer's permit or a wine and
	malt beverage retailer's off-premise permit are the same as those
	prescribed for the sale of malt beverages under Section 105.05[,
	except that no sale shall be allowed between 2 a.m. and noon on
	Sunday].
	SECTION 4.  Section 105.05(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, as
	effective September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A person may sell, offer for sale, or deliver malt
	beverages between 7 a.m. and midnight on any day except Sunday.  On
	Sunday a person may sell malt beverages between midnight and 1:00
	a.m. and between noon and midnight, except that:
	(1)  permittees or licensees authorized to sell for
	on-premise consumption may sell malt beverages between 10:00 a.m.
	and noon if the malt beverages are served to a customer during the
	service of food to the customer; and
	(2)  holders of a retail dealer's on-premise license or
	a retail dealer's off-premise license may also sell malt beverages
	for off-premise consumption between 10:00 a.m. and noon.
	SECTION 5.  Section 105.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
	amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection
	(f) to read as follows:
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (f), in [In] a standard
	hours area, a person commits an offense if the person [he] consumes
	or possesses with intent to consume an alcoholic beverage in a
	public place at any time on Sunday between 1:15 a.m. and 12 noon or
	on any other day between 12:15 a.m. and 7 a.m.
	(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (f), in [In] an
	extended hours area, a person commits an offense if the person [he]
	consumes or possesses with intent to consume an alcoholic beverage
	in a public place at any time on Sunday between 2:15 a.m. and 12 noon
	and on any other day between 2:15 a.m. and 7 a.m.
	(f)  A person who is a registered guest of a hotel may consume
	or possess alcoholic beverages in the hotel bar, as defined by
	Section 105.091, at any time.
	SECTION 6.  Chapter 105, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended
	by adding Section 105.091 to read as follows:
	Sec. 105.091.  HOURS OF SALE; HOTEL BAR. (a)  In this
	section, "hotel bar" means an establishment that is located in a
	hotel and holds a permit or license providing for the on-premises
	consumption of alcoholic beverages.
	(b)  Notwithstanding any other law, a hotel bar may sell or
	offer for sale alcoholic beverages at any time to a registered guest
	of the hotel.
	SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1518 was passed by the House on May 5,
	2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 126, Nays 19, 1 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 1518 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 115, Nays 24,
	2 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1518 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 22, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 26, Nays
	4.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
	__________________
	Governor