88R1105 MCK-D
By: Jetton H.B. No. 1670
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the hours for the sale or delivery of certain alcoholic
beverages.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 24.07, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 24.07. HOURS OF SALE. A holder of a wine only package
store permit may remain open and sell malt beverages, wine, and
vinous liquors, for off-premises consumption only, on any day and
during the same hours as those prescribed for the sale of malt
beverages under Section 105.05, except that the permittee may not
sell wine or vinous liquor containing more than 17 percent alcohol
by volume [on a Sunday or] after 10 p.m. on any day.
SECTION 2. Section 105.01, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 105.01. HOURS OF SALE: LIQUOR. [(a)] Except as
provided in Sections 105.02, 105.03, 105.04, 105.08, and 105.091,
no person may sell, offer for sale, or deliver any liquor:
(1) on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, or Christmas
Day; or
(2) [on Sunday; or
[(3)] before 10 a.m. or after 9 p.m. on any other day.
[(b) When Christmas Day or New Year's Day falls on a Sunday,
Subsection (a) of this section applies to the following Monday.]
SECTION 3. Section 105.02, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 105.02. HOURS OF SALE: WHOLESALERS AND LOCAL
DISTRIBUTORS TO RETAILERS. (a) A holder of a wholesaler's permit
may sell, offer for sale, or deliver liquor to a retailer anytime
except [Sunday and] Christmas Day.
(b) A local distributor's permittee may sell, offer for
sale, or deliver liquor to a retailer between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. on
any day except:
(1) [Sunday;
[(2)] Christmas Day; or
(2) [(3)] a day on which a package store permittee is
prohibited from selling liquor.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.