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Honorable Homer County Attorney Shs&lsr County

~‘tieeler, Texas &ear 

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opinion no. o-431 **Re;** Is Arervant or esployee of a wine and beer retailer su'bjeot to the penalties provided 

### lotheLiquor Control hot for selling beer to an intoxloated person? Your request for an **opinioh** CD.the abok stated questIon has been reoelved by this offioe.

Artials 667-19 of the Penal Code reado In part as follows:

(a)

(b) (a) “The**Board or** Administrator shall have the power and authority to oanosl the license of any person authorized to sell beer after notioe and hearing as herein **provided** upon finding that the llocasa’c has: 1. 

### Ii a Retailer: Knowingly sold beer to an tha 8T.eof twenty-one (8.lf p&son under years; **or** Sold beer to any person showlne evidence 

### or lntoxlcatlon; or Sold beer during any hours when suah sale war forbidden by law; **or** ..........I.

Honorable Homer L. Uoaa, rbrch 25, 1939, page 2

-Any a*:t 

### 0r omlaalon 

### orc0mmlaalon enumerated herein as cause for the cancellation or auapenalon of any type or lloenae shall also be aviolation of this Act and subject to the penalties provided ln Section 26of thla Article, provided, however, the penalty ror the making 

### or any ralae or untrue statements in any appllcatl0n ror licneaea or In any statement, report, or other instrument to be filed with the Boerd andwhich is required to be awofn to shall be as la provided in Section 17 (a) - (2) of Article 1oi this Act.” Article 667-26 of the Penal Coda provides, in part: “Any person whoviolates any provision of this Article shall be deemed guilty of ami&Mneaoor and upon conviction shall be unlshed ,by a rloe of not leas than Twenty-five P #eS.OO) Dollars nor more than ylve Hundred (&OO.OO) Dollars 

### orby imprisonment in the county jail for 

### notxore than one year, or by both such fine and lmprlaonmcnt.n Section Rand Section Hof Xrtlele 667-l of tha Penal Code reads as follows:

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...(b) The term “beer* means a malt beverage eontalnlng one-hali of one per cent or 

### moreof alcohol t&volume and not more than four (4) ger 

### centof alcohol by weight, and shall not be inelusive of any beverage deblgnated by label 

### orotherwise **by** any **ottfer**name than beer.

...(h) The tek *person” shall mean and rerar to 

### anynatural person or aaaoclatlon of natural poraona, trustees, receiver, partnership, car-. poratlcn, organltatlon, or the zanager, aPent, aervcnt, or employee of any of them.”

- Fe must bear in mind that the proeeedlnga for the caneellatlon or suspension of any t:,ve of license under Section 2 of the Texas Liquor Control Act la ofaa olvll nature rather than aorlmlnal prooeedlng, and that acrlm-Xionorebla Scmer L. Moss, Perch 25, 1969, pe2e 2

ina procedl~ end aproceeding 

### foreancellatlon or auapension or aoj tppe oClleenae under Article 667-19 of the Penal Code am reparate anddlatlnct proceedings. !7owavar, any of the arlta of omission or ccamiasioB enrrnrsratod in ,irtiale 669-19 aupra, as cause for.the cancallatlon or cuapension of any type of llcenao la also made a erlmlnal orrenae subject to tha penalties provided in 

### 669-26or the Penal Coda by the apeclflcationa of Article 667-19 ot the Penal Code.

Takhg into conal4eratlon the tern ‘person* as defined bySectlon 8, Article 669-l and the language used in 

### Article667-26 ot the Penal Code, wemust conclude that any parson comln(l vlthln tha.deflnltlon set forth in 

### Section H, Article 66701 of the Penal Coda, who~lclatea any o? the provlalona ot Article 669-19 of the Penal Cede would be aub

### jactto the prosecution under the statute subject to the penaltlea prsaorlbed by Xrtlcle 669-26 of the Penal Code.

In vl.ew ot the forego&u&gstatute, you are reapectfully advised that it la the opinion of this department that any eervant or enployae of an4ne and 

### beerretailer who sells beer to au lntorlcated person is subject to proaeoutlon under Articles 667-19 and 667-26 of the Penal Code.

.- Truatlce that the fortgoing answers your inquiry, wers.naln Yours very truly

‘ATTORupT~GKICXhL OYTEXAS



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