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.