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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the hours for the wholesale delivery or sale of |
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alcoholic beverages. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 105.02, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 105.02. HOURS OF SALE: WHOLESALERS AND LOCAL |
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DISTRIBUTORS TO RETAILERS. (a) A holder of a wholesaler's permit |
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[Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, a wholesaler
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or a local distributor's permittee] may sell, offer for sale, or |
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deliver liquor to a retailer anytime [between 5 a. m. and 9 p. m. on
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any day] except Sunday and Christmas Day. |
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(b) A local distributor's permittee may [not] sell, offer |
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for sale, or deliver [any] liquor to a retailer between 5 a.m. and 9 |
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p.m. on any day except: |
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(1) Sunday; |
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(2) Christmas Day; or |
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(3) a day on which a package store permittee is |
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prohibited from selling liquor. |
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SECTION 2. Section 105.051, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 105.051. SALE OF BEER BY DISTRIBUTOR'S LICENSEE. The |
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[In addition to the hours specified for the sale of beer in Section
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105.05(b) of this code, the] holder of a general, local, or branch |
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distributor's license may sell, offer for sale, or deliver beer 24 |
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hours a day Monday through Saturday and between midnight and 1 a.m. |
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and between noon and midnight on [beginning at 5 a. m. on any day
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except] Sunday. |
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SECTION 3. Section 105.052, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |