TITLE: Relating to the hours for the sale or delivery of certain alcoholic beverages.

SUMMARY: Relating to the hours for the sale or delivery of certain alcoholic beverages.

FULL TEXT:
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, as effective September 1, 2021, 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 that the holder of a wine and malt beverage retailer's permit may sell malt beverages and wine, 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, and 105.08, no person may sell, offer for sale, or deliver any liquor: (1) on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, or Christmas Day; (2) before noon or after 10 p.m. on Sunday; or (3) before 9 [10] a.m. or after 10 [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 between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. on any day except: (1) [Sunday; [(2)] Christmas Day; or (2) [(3)] a day on which a package store permittee is prohibited from selling liquor. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.