| 1 | 1 | | 85R7331 JAM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Springer H.B. No. 1231 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the sale of wine and beer on Sundays. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 105.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 105.04. HOURS OF SALE: WINE AND BEER RETAILER. The |
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| 12 | 12 | | hours of sale and delivery for alcoholic beverages sold under a wine |
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| 13 | 13 | | and beer retailer's permit or a wine and beer retailer's off-premise |
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| 14 | 14 | | permit are the same as those prescribed for the sale of beer under |
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| 15 | 15 | | Section 105.05 [of this code, except that no sale shall be allowed |
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| 16 | 16 | | between 2 a.m. and noon on Sunday]. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Section 105.05(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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| 18 | 18 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) A person may sell, offer for sale, or deliver beer |
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| 20 | 20 | | between 7 a.m. and midnight on any day except Sunday. On Sunday a |
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| 21 | 21 | | person [he] may sell beer between midnight and 1:00 a.m. and between |
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| 22 | 22 | | noon and midnight, except that: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) permittees or licensees authorized to sell for |
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| 24 | 24 | | on-premise consumption may sell beer between 10:00 a.m. and noon if |
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| 25 | 25 | | the beer is served to a customer during the service of food to the |
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| 26 | 26 | | customer; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) holders of a retail dealer's on-premise license or |
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| 28 | 28 | | a retail dealer's off-premise license may also sell beer for |
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| 29 | 29 | | off-premise consumption between 10:00 a.m. and noon. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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