85R1900 JAM-D
By: Canales H.B. No. 327
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sale of wine and beer on Sundays.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 105.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 105.04. HOURS OF SALE: WINE AND BEER RETAILER. The
hours of sale and delivery for alcoholic beverages sold under a wine
and beer retailer's permit or a wine and beer retailer's off-premise
permit are the same as those prescribed for the sale of beer under
Section 105.05 [of this code, except that no sale shall be allowed
between 2 a.m. and noon on Sunday].
SECTION 2. Section 105.05(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A person may sell, offer for sale, or deliver beer
between 7 a.m. and midnight on any day except Sunday. On Sunday a
person [he] may sell beer between midnight and 1:00 a.m. and between
noon and midnight, except that:
(1) permittees or licensees authorized to sell for
on-premise consumption may sell beer between 10:00 a.m. and noon if
the beer is served to a customer during the service of food to the
customer; and
(2) holders of a wine and beer retailer's off-premise
permit may also sell beer between 7:00 a.m. and noon.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.