Bill Text: TX SB585 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the sale of wine and beer on Sundays.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-17 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [SB585 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB585-Engrossed.html

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By: Springer, Bettencourt S.B. No. 585
Schwertner

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sale of wine and beer on Sundays.
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. WHEN LICENSE ALSO HELD: HOURS OF SALE, ETC. A
holder of a wine only package store permit who also holds a retail
dealer's off-premise license for the same location may remain open
and sell ale, wine, vinous liquors, and beer, for off-premises
consumption only, on any day and during the same hours as those
prescribed for the sale of beer under Section 105.05 [that the
holder of a wine and beer retailer's permit may sell ale, beer, and
wine], except that the permit holder [he] 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 105.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 105.04. HOURS OF SALE: WINE AND BEER RETAILER. The
hours of sale and delivery for alcoholic beverages sold under a wine
and beer retailer's permit or a wine and beer retailer's off-premise
permit are the same as those prescribed for the sale of beer under
Section 105.05 [of this code, except that no sale shall be allowed
between 2 a.m. and noon on Sunday].
SECTION 3. Section 105.05(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A person may sell, offer for sale, or deliver beer
between 7 a.m. and midnight on any day except Sunday. On Sunday a
person [he] may sell beer between midnight and 1:00 a.m. and between
noon and midnight, except that:
(1) permittees or licensees authorized to sell for
on-premise consumption may sell beer between 10:00 a.m. and noon if
the beer is served to a customer during the service of food to the
customer; and
(2) holders of a retail dealer's on-premise license or
a retail dealer's off-premise license may also sell beer for
off-premise consumption between 10:00 a.m. and noon.
SECTION 4.. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.