OFFlCE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Hon. hler X. Cox 

DiatrIot Attorney 

&~evlIht, Te=w 
Hon. Alex F. COX, Page 2 

"3. Has the state thbflghtto require smith 

to pay for a new lloense, or his prorata share themof, merely b6OEUse his.psrtner Jones (leoides to quit 

buslnasss and cell his interest in the dare to saw 

other party?' 

Your queetioes lnvolvathe applioatlm and oamtx&- 

tion OS oerta.ln pro~islons of the Texas Liquor Control Aet an& 

amendmsnts thereto, as lnoorporatad ln the Code of Crlmlaal 

Prooedure of 1923, under Artioles 666-l et seq. and 667-l et 

seq* 

Artlole 6674, 

Act, providea in motion p" h) 

8ottha Tetxaslslquor Control 

mean and refer to any natural 

that the term *persatP shall 

person br aosooiatlon OS natural 

'Pour partloular attention is direuted to the 

aSlon6 of Artiole 617-7(d) and Artfole 68749(k). l3eoti~ 

(a) umler the former pnwlde6 that no lloeaee l~amb urder 

the pmvlsionrr OS thh art1010 ehall ba assignable b 

holderthersoS to any othar persmj provided that I %o 

the 

uld 

any hohhr of a lioonm desire to ohaags a &~a of busiomrr 

Uedgnated in OUOWlloezue, ha MY do bo by a@ylng to the 

oounty judge and reodv-ing his oonssnt or approval a8 1x1 

the af30 oforlglnal a llaation for Uoanee astherelnpmw 

*de., % . l seotion (8 under the lattsr ArtlOl~ JMlaed, protides that the Board o* Adaln5attntor shall have Thor powoF 

uthoritp to 08nool the 1ioanas OS any person 

authorleed to sell beer alter netloe and he 

The aot prortdss that ft ,sbal be wlawSulSor 

any person to nmnuSaotur0 or brsw ibc ths puppoe 0r rralo 9lr 
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Hon. Alex F. Cox, Pttgs 3

to import into this state, or to distribute, or sell any 

beer, or to poseesa any beer for the purpose of sale within 

thle state without having first obtained an appropriate UOMSO as provided for in the aot. *Person* moaning Wpartnership" the aot deals with partners as an entity inf#oSa~ as 

the l~oenoe is oohoemed. The lfOOll8O inthiS OCLSOWW is6UOd 

to Jones and Smith, partners. To allow a partner to 

wlthbraw Sranthebusloese andvdthdrawhle imae twlq'a permlt in favor of another partner would, in eifeot, be tramSex-ring his interest in the permit or Uoense regardless OS 

v&at that interest might be. Suoh was held lnan opinLon 

written by Hon. Joe Sharp, Aeeistaat Attorney General, to 

I?QIL. Bert yard, administrator OS the Texas Liquor GontlmL 

Board on t?member 30, 193f3, whioh eplnion held that theremining par9ner was not ehtitlod to sell alooho~o'bbvera&s 

tinder any permit ox lloense whloh may have been held by the 

oontrol the iseuanoe 0r lloenses and, regulate the aale OS 

almhollo beverages. 

InwlBoMe0r8tateTs.Des#l+a, lOGTe& 96, 

145 S. W. 590, the Supmns Court held that.the right to mall. 

lutoxloante is uot a property fight, but a pr,ivilege granted 

by #MI &ate whioh, may be rev&cd 8nd the state Ima the power 

to provide t&e manner OS its rsvooatlon. This ease maong 

othars,was olted and followed as authorityforthe hold 

lnBradleyvs.Texas Liquor ControlWard,1GBG.W, (9d) %G 

imo1vln.g our present Liquor Go~trol Act, end we quote Sron l 

this latter oaw a6 r0mtu 

wA permlttee or lloanwe under the aot 

has no nested right to roll liquor, but15 a mm3 

permlttee or lioeneee with the pdvllege OS SOILing liquor In aooordanob rdth the terms of the aot, 

end aooepts hls per&t or llaetme subJeet to the 

authority oS the board to osaeel it Sor any riol&on oS the statutes or sny rule or regulation 

promulgated by the board under authotity OS the 

act.* 

Ln.~~8rt0 you qwetbe 1 and 8, it ie th6w0- 

the opinion 0r thle Dewtm~t that whore 8 retall &88lea?u 

Lioeneels feswdunderthe Termii L%quo~GontmlAetlnLne 

name of partners, a dissolution OS the psrtnezah5.p opesmtes 

aa a revooation of the Uoense, Sel.XUg bear under suehlleslraebyther~infnggartnerorrrrar~rahipe~~dis 

in vfolatlon of the Tttre~ &X~W+X' W-1 Act, 
Hon. Alex I. Cox, PnpJe 4 

In answer to your third q\lestion, it is our opin- 

~lon that tha atate ha8 a right to req.&e a nmlloenso to 

be obtained by the remainin 

oharga therefor as a oomilt fl 

partner or new partnership and 

0.i procadent to @gaging in tho 

bualness of aelllng.beer. 

Trustlngthat theaboveansvers your quastlon, we 

Yours 

ATTORHEY 

APPR0VEDJul.l , 1939 

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ATTORNEY GENERAL OF. TEXAS