| 1 | 1 | | 88R10772 MPF-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hall S.B. No. 2523 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to certain restrictions on package store permit holders. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 22.06(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 102.05, no |
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| 12 | 12 | | person who holds a package store permit or owns an interest in a |
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| 13 | 13 | | package store may have a direct or indirect interest in any of the |
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| 14 | 14 | | following: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) a brewer's, retail dealer's on-premise, or general |
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| 16 | 16 | | or branch distributor's license; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) a [wine and malt beverage retailer's, wine and malt |
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| 18 | 18 | | beverage retailer's off-premise, or] mixed beverage permit; or |
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| 19 | 19 | | (3) the business of any of the permits or licenses |
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| 20 | 20 | | listed in Subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 22.16, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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| 22 | 22 | | repealed. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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