87R6738 JAM-D
By: Pacheco H.B. No. 1551
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sale of wine and malt beverages on Sundays.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 105.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code, as
effective September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 105.04. HOURS OF SALE: WINE AND MALT BEVERAGE
RETAILER. The hours of sale and delivery for alcoholic beverages
sold under a wine and malt beverage retailer's permit or a wine and
malt beverage retailer's off-premise permit are the same as those
prescribed for the sale of malt beverages under Section 105.05[,
except that no sale shall be allowed between 2 a.m. and noon on
Sunday].
SECTION 2. Section 105.05(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, as
effective September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
(b) A person may sell, offer for sale, or deliver malt
beverages between 7:00 [7] a.m. and midnight on any day except
Sunday. On Sunday a person may sell malt beverages 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 malt beverages between 10:00 a.m.
and noon if the malt beverages are served to a customer during the
service of food to the customer; and
(2) holders of a wine and malt beverage retailer's
off-premises permit may also sell beer between 10:00 a.m. and noon.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.