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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain shipments by package stores and wine only |
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package stores to customers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 22.03(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The holder of a package store permit or wine only |
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package store permit issued for a location within a city or town or |
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within two miles of the corporate limits of a city or town, who also |
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holds a local cartage permit, may make deliveries of and |
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collections for alcoholic beverages off the premises in areas where |
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the sale of the beverages is legal. The permittee must travel by |
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the most direct route and may make deliveries and collections only |
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within the city or town or within two miles of its corporate limits, |
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and only in response to bona fide orders placed by the customer, |
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either in person at the premises, in writing, by mail, or by |
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telegraph or telephone. This section shall not be construed as |
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preventing a holder of a package store permit or wine only package |
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store permit from delivering alcoholic beverages to the holder of a |
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carrier's permit for transportation in the county in which the |
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package store or wine only package store is located to a customer |
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who placed a bona fide order [persons authorized to purchase the
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beverages]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |