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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) The holder of a wine and malt beverage retailer's permit may temporarily at a location other than the permit holder's premises sell for consumption on or off the premises where sold, but not for resale, wine and malt beverages containing alcohol in excess of one-half of one percent by volume but not more than 17 percent by volume at a picnic, celebration, or similar event.
(b) The holder of a wine and malt beverage retailer's permit may temporarily sell wine and malt beverages for not more than four consecutive days at the same location under Subsection (a) .
(c) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this section, including rules that:
(1) require the permit holder to notify the commission of the dates on which and location where the permit holder will temporarily offer wine and malt beverages for sale under this section;
(2) establish a procedure to verify the wet or dry status of the location where the permit holder intends to temporarily sell wine and malt beverages under this section;
(3) detail the circumstances when a permit holder may temporarily sell wine and malt beverages under this section with only a notification to the commission and the circumstances that require the commission's preapproval before a permit holder may temporarily sell wine and malt beverages under this section;
(4) establish the length of time a permit holder may sell wine and malt beverages under this section at the same location; and
(5) require the permit holder to provide any other information the commission determines necessary.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., ch. 16 (S.B. 926), § 5.
(e) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., ch. 16 (S.B. 926), § 5.
(f) A holder of a wine and malt beverage retailer's permit that sells wine or malt beverages under that permit in a county other than the county in which the premises covered by the permit is located must:
(1) purchase the beverages from a distributor or wholesaler authorized under this code to sell the beverages in the county in which the permit holder sells the beverages under this section; and
(2) report to the commission, in the manner prescribed by the commission by rule, the amount of beverages purchased and sold under this section, by type.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code - ALCO BEV § 25.16. Sales at Temporary Location - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/alcoholic-beverage-code/alco-bev-sect-25-16/
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