By: Springer, Schwertner  S.B. No. 585
         (In the Senate - Filed February 4, 2021; March 11, 2021,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
  May 10, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
  Nays 1; May 10, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the sale of wine and beer on Sundays.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 24.07, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 24.07.  WHEN LICENSE ALSO HELD: HOURS OF SALE, ETC. A
  holder of a wine only package store permit who also holds a retail
  dealer's off-premise license for the same location may remain open
  and sell ale, wine, vinous liquors, and beer, for off-premises
  consumption only, on any day and during the same hours as those
  prescribed for the sale of beer under Section 105.05 [that the
  holder of a wine and beer retailer's permit may sell ale, beer, and
  wine], except that the permit holder [he] 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 105.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 105.04. HOURS OF SALE: WINE AND BEER RETAILER. The
  hours of sale and delivery for alcoholic beverages sold under a wine
  and beer retailer's permit or a wine and beer retailer's off-premise
  permit are the same as those prescribed for the sale of beer under
  Section 105.05 [of this code, except that no sale shall be allowed
  between 2 a.m. and noon on Sunday].
         SECTION 3.  Section 105.05(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A person may sell, offer for sale, or deliver beer
  between 7 a.m. and midnight on any day except Sunday. On Sunday a
  person [he] may sell beer 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 beer between 10:00 a.m. and noon if
  the beer is 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 beer for
  off-premise consumption between 10:00 a.m. and noon.
         SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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