88R10772 MPF-F By: Hall S.B. No. 2523 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to certain restrictions on package store permit holders. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 22.06(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 102.05, no person who holds a package store permit or owns an interest in a package store may have a direct or indirect interest in any of the following: (1) a brewer's, retail dealer's on-premise, or general or branch distributor's license; (2) a [wine and malt beverage retailer's, wine and malt beverage retailer's off-premise, or] mixed beverage permit; or (3) the business of any of the permits or licenses listed in Subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection. SECTION 2. Section 22.16, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is repealed. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.