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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 sale or delivery of certain alcoholic |
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beverages. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 24.07, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 24.07. HOURS OF SALE. A holder of a wine only package |
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store permit may remain open and sell malt beverages, wine, and |
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vinous liquors, for off-premises consumption only, on any day and |
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during the same hours as those prescribed for the sale of malt |
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beverages under Section 105.05[, except that the permittee may not |
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sell wine or vinous liquor containing more than 17 percent alcohol |
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by volume on a Sunday or after 10 p.m. on any day]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 105.01, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 105.01. HOURS OF SALE: LIQUOR. [(a)] Except as |
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provided in Sections 105.02, 105.03, 105.04, 105.08, and 105.091, |
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no person may sell, offer for sale, or deliver any liquor: |
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(1) on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, or Christmas |
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Day; or |
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(2) outside the hours prescribed for the sale of malt |
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beverages under Section 105.05 [on Sunday; or |
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[(3) before 10 a.m. or after 9 p.m.] on any other day. |
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[(b) When Christmas Day or New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, |
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Subsection (a) of this section applies to the following Monday.] |
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SECTION 3. 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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may sell, offer for sale, or deliver liquor to a retailer anytime |
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except [Sunday and] Christmas Day. |
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(b) A local distributor's permittee may sell, offer for |
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sale, or deliver liquor to a retailer during the hours prescribed |
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for the sale and delivery of malt beverages under Section 105.051 |
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[between 5 a.m. and 9 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |