By: Goldman (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 2791

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019; May 3, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; May 15, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 15, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the transport of alcoholic beverages for personal consumption.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 107.08, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 107.08. TRANSPORTATION OF BEVERAGES FOR PERSONAL CONSUMPTION. A person who purchases an alcoholic beverage for the person's [his] own consumption may personally transport it from a place where its sale is legal to a place where its possession is legal without holding a license or permit.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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