By: Goldman H.B. No. 670
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the possession and consumption of wine on the premises
of a mixed beverage permittee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.01(c), Alcoholic Beverage Code, as
effective September 1, 2023, is amended to read as follows:
(c) The holder of a mixed beverage permit may also:
(1) purchase wine and malt beverages containing
alcohol of not more than 24 percent by volume in containers of any
legal size from any permittee or licensee authorized to sell those
beverages for resale; [and]
(2) sell the wine and malt beverages for consumption
on the licensed premises;
(3) allow an individual to:
(A) possess and consume on the licensed premises
wine acquired by the individual off the licensed premises; and
(B) remove from the premises wine brought onto
the premises by the individual under Paragraph (A); and
(4) charge a corkage fee for wine consumed on the
premises under Subdivision (3).
SECTION 2. Sections 28.06(a) and (c), Alcoholic Beverage
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Sections 14.07, 28.01(c)(3), and
37.01(d), no holder of a mixed beverage permit, nor any officer,
agent, or employee of a holder, may possess or permit to be
possessed on the premises for which the permit is issued any
alcoholic beverage which is not covered by an invoice from the
supplier from whom the alcoholic beverage was purchased.
(c) Except as provided by Sections 14.07, 28.01(c)(3), and
37.01(d), no holder of a mixed beverage permit, nor any officer,
agent, or employee of a holder, may knowingly possess or permit to
be possessed on the licensed premises any alcoholic beverage which
is not covered by an invoice from the supplier from whom the
alcoholic beverage was purchased.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.