87R6738 JAM-D
 
  By: Pacheco H.B. No. 1551
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the sale of wine and malt beverages on Sundays.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  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 2.  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 7:00 [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 wine and malt beverage retailer's
  off-premises permit may also sell beer between 10:00 a.m. and noon.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.