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Amend HB 1518 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 24.07, Alcoholic Beverage Code, as effective September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 24.07. HOURS OF SALE. A holder of a wine only package store permit may remain open and sell malt beverages, wine, and vinous liquors, for off-premises consumption only, on any day and during the same hours as those prescribed for the sale of malt beverages under Section 105.05 [that the holder of a wine and malt beverage retailer's permit may sell malt beverages and wine], except that the permittee may not sell wine or vinous liquor containing more than 17 percent alcohol by volume on a Sunday or after 10 p.m. on any day.
SECTION ____. Section 105.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code, as effective September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 105.04. HOURS OF SALE: WINE AND MALT BEVERAGE RETAILER. The hours of sale and delivery for alcoholic beverages sold under a wine and malt beverage retailer's permit or a wine and malt beverage retailer's off-premise permit are the same as those prescribed for the sale of malt beverages under Section 105.05[, except that no sale shall be allowed between 2 a.m. and noon on Sunday].
SECTION ____. Section 105.05(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, as effective September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
(b) A person may sell, offer for sale, or deliver malt beverages between 7 a.m. and midnight on any day except Sunday. On Sunday a person may sell malt beverages between midnight and 1:00 a.m. and between noon and midnight, except that:
(1) permittees or licensees authorized to sell for on-premise consumption may sell malt beverages between 10:00 a.m. and noon if the malt beverages are served to a customer during the service of food to the customer; and
(2) holders of a retail dealer's on-premise license or a retail dealer's off-premise license may also sell malt beverages for off-premise consumption between 10:00 a.m. and noon.