89R6336 SCF-D
By: Bucy H.B. No. 2261
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) outside the hours prescribed for the sale of malt
beverages under Section 105.05 [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 during the hours prescribed
for the sale and delivery of malt beverages under Section 105.051
[between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m.] on any day except[:
[(1) Sunday;
[(2) Christmas Day; or
[(3)] a day on which a package store permittee is
prohibited from selling liquor.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.