81R2665 MCK-D
By: Gallegos S.B. No. 1044
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the hours for the wholesale delivery or sale of
alcoholic beverages.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 105.02(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, a
wholesaler or a local distributor's permittee may sell, offer for
sale, or deliver liquor to a retailer anytime [between 5 a. m. and 9
p. m. on any day] except Sunday and Christmas Day.
SECTION 2. Section 105.051, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 105.051. SALE OF BEER BY DISTRIBUTOR'S LICENSEE.
The [In addition to the hours specified for the sale of beer in
Section 105.05(b) of this code, the] holder of a general, local, or
branch distributor's license may sell, offer for sale, or deliver
beer 24 hours a day Monday through Saturday and between midnight and
1 a.m. and between noon and midnight on [beginning at 5 a. m. on any
day except] Sunday.
SECTION 3. Section 105.052, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.