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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sale of wine and malt beverages on Sundays. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 105.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code, as |
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effective September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 105.04. HOURS OF SALE: WINE AND MALT BEVERAGE |
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RETAILER. The hours of sale and delivery for alcoholic beverages |
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sold under a wine and malt beverage retailer's permit or a wine and |
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malt beverage retailer's off-premise permit are the same as those |
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prescribed for the sale of malt beverages under Section 105.05[, |
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except that no sale shall be allowed between 2 a.m. and noon on |
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Sunday]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 105.05(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, as |
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effective September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A person may sell, offer for sale, or deliver malt |
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beverages between 7:00 [7] a.m. and midnight on any day except |
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Sunday. On Sunday a person may sell malt beverages between midnight |
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and 1:00 a.m. and between noon and midnight, except that: |
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(1) permittees or licensees authorized to sell for |
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on-premise consumption may sell malt beverages between 10:00 a.m. |
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and noon if the malt beverages are served to a customer during the |
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service of food to the customer; and |
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(2) holders of a wine and malt beverage retailer's |
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off-premises permit may also sell beer between 10:00 a.m. and noon. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |