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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating the delivery of alcoholic beverages from certain premises |
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to ultimate consumers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 22.03, Subtitle A, Title 3, Alcoholic |
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Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 22.03. DELIVERIES TO CUSTOMERS. (a) The holder of a |
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package store permit or wine only package store permit [issued for a |
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location within a city or town or within two miles of the corporate |
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limits of a city or town] may make deliveries of and collections for |
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alcoholic beverages off the premises [in areas where the sale of the |
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beverages is legal]. The permittee must [travel by the most direct |
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route and may] make deliveries and collections [only within the |
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county or the city or town or within two miles of its corporate |
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limits, and] only in response to bona fide orders placed by the |
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customer, either in person at the premises, in writing, by mail, |
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[or] by telegraph, [or] by telephone or other electronic means. |
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This section shall not be construed as preventing a holder of a |
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package store permit or wine only package store permit from |
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delivering alcoholic beverages to the holder of a carrier's permit |
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for transportation to persons who have placed bona fide orders and |
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who are located in an area that the holder of a package store permit |
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or wine only package store permit is authorized to directly deliver |
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to under this section. The holder of a package store permit or wine |
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only package store permit may also deliver alcoholic beverages to |
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the holder of a carrier's permit for transportation outside of this |
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state in response to bona fide orders placed by persons authorized |
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to purchase the beverages. |
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(b) The holder of a package store permit may transport |
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alcoholic beverages to a commercial airline in a regional airport |
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located all or partly in an adjoining county if the airport is |
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governed by a board, commission, or authority, some of whose |
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members reside in the county where the package store is located. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2021. |