OFFlCE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Hon. hler X. Cox DiatrIotAttorney &~evlIht,Te=wHon. 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.psrtnerJones (leoides to quit buslnasss

and cell his interest in the dare to saw other party?'
Your queetioeslnvolvathe applioatlm and oamtx&- tion OS oerta.ln

pro~islonsof the Texas Liquor Control Aet an& amendmsntsthereto,as lnoorporatad ln the Code of Crlmlaal Prooedureof 1923, under Artioles 666-l et seq. and 667-l et seq* Artlole 6674, **Act,** providea in motion h) p" 8ottha Tetxaslslquor Control

mean and refer to any natural that the term *persatPshall person br aosooiatlon OS natural

'Pour partloularattentionis 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 art1010ehall ba assignableb 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-inghis oonssnt or approval**a8** 1x1 the af30oforlglnal a llaation **for** Uoanee astherelnpmw

% *de., . l seotion (8 under the lattsr ArtlOl~ JMlaed,**pro** tides that the Board o* **Adaln5attntor** shall have Thor **powoF** uthoritpto 08nool the 1ioanasOS any person authorleedto sell beer alter netloe and he

The aot prortdss that **ft** ,sbal be wlawSulSor any person to nmnuSaotur0or brsw ibc ths puppoe 0r rralo 9lr

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to import into this state, or to distribute,or sell any beer, or to poseesa any beer for the purpose of sale 

### within thle statewithout having first obtainedan appropriateUOMSO as providedfor in the aot. *Person*moaning Wpartnership" the aot dealswith 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 anotherpartnerwould, in eifeot, be tramSex-ring

his interest in the permit or Uoense regardlessOS v&at that interestmight be. Suoh was held lnan opinLon written by Hon. Joe Sharp, AeeistaatAttorney General, to I?QIL. Bert yard, administrator OS the Texas Liquor GontlmL Board on t?member 30, 193f3, whioh eplnion held that theremining par9nerwas not ehtitlod to sell alooho~o'bbvera&s tinder any permit ox lloensewhloh may have been held by the

oontrol the iseuanoe0r lloensesand, regulate the aale OS almhollo beverages.

InwlBoMe0r8tateTs.Des#l+a, lOGTe& 96, 145 S. W. 590, the Supmns Court held that.theright to mall. lutoxloanteis uot a propertyfight,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 %G lnBradleyvs.Texas Liquor ControlWard,1GBG.W, (9d)
l imo1vln.gour present **Liquor** Go~trol Act, end we quote Sron this latter oaw a6 r0mtu

wA permltteeor lloanwe under the aot has no nested right to roll liquor,but15 a mm3 permltteeor lioeneee with the **pdvllege** OS SOILing liquor In aooordanobrdth the terms of the aot, end aooepts hls per&t or llaetme subJeet to the authorityoS 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 dissolutionOS **the** psrtnezah5.p opesmtes aa a revooationof 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 thereforas a oomilt fl partner or new partnershipand 0.i procadentto @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