79R4093 AJA-D

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.  Section 105.01(a), 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 September 1, 2005.