By:  Madla, Deuell, Estes                                         S.B. No. 571


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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.