OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AIJS’I’IN 

UMI.DO.yM( 

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i‘ 

Honorable Bert Ford 

Addnlstrator, Texa6 Liquor Control B&d 

Austin, Texan 

Dear Sir I 

to one or more 

the same omsrshl~ 

or whloh no type of 

or&t has beenprerlded 

6 Liquor Contiol Aet? 

on the above stat 

ion or thir aepartment 

ting of the QWbeX8 of th,r 

war brought at lstaae 

tion No. llB-1 attaohrd 

ir whether the owner or revoral 

irilegea to tratwpoxt uquor 

0s a premlaer aesignnt8.4 au a plaoe 

or pueksgs f&ore In the *ain, 

ion referret% to a8 adopted by the Board 

& 

wa8 preaieatetl ugan the aimm~tlon that 

llquor was reetrloted to carrier8 or 

persons ror whicah a permit hail been provided by the Texas 

Liquor Control Aot. ssotlan & (a), Artlole I, of the Act 

provide8 as tollowe;, 

-‘It shall be unlawfpl ror any psraon to manufeotum, 

aletlll, brow, sell, posses8 ror the p\rrpoee or sale, import 

into this State, export from the State, transport, dimtribute, warehouse, store, soliolt, or take orQez8 rdC,, ox fog 

the purpose of sale to bottle, BStitf, blead, treat, fsrtfig, 

mix, or pmxwss any Uquor in any wet area without iirrt 

hariry;r-lpraeumd e permit,* 
*8eotion 15, Art1010 I, provlaes for the different 

~p~ol~&yait8, fnaluding those alloning traasportatian 

w*Carrler Permit, Private Carrier Fermit, Looal 

Cartags Permit.* 

"Wme the transportation or liquor is rtMrlOt,ea 

to porrons having a pormlt, it wae concluded thet the 

owner of a paOkage rtcrs not having the prlrllsgs or 

obtaining a fwanrrport 

ur 

errdt oould not be glrcm suoh 

privilege under any r e aa regulation or the xioacd. 

Tour opinion 18 requested a8 to whether the Baud 

doer hate the aWhoority to permit P paokmge rtwr amer 

to transport liquor rr0m a 0ertsSn &or-e plaO8 to one 

or more stbre* ,una4r the 8~0 ownership in tehloles rim 

&iioh no type of transport permit has been prwldad III 

the Toura Liquor Control Aot.* 

Rule & Reuulatlao~ 1yB. Ub-1, of the Liquor OonBrol 

Baard, rslatlng to the nmtt~wuuU8r aoasidsratioa, uhioh $8 

l titashea to your inquiry, is 80 rOmmfi; 

‘In Ror faak*g4 8tore, Rerwter to Another 880x0, 

Requlriag Rewmbr 

*(l). The ,xkmmx~ owaer or aore thaa one package 6tere, 

w&o ha8 aesignatsa one o? hi8 pl8oe6 or burrIns a8 a plaao 

or dorago, in transrerring liquor'to hi8 other &ore6 #hall 

make and keep a permunsnt reoord of euoh transferr 8hOuing 

ths quantity, the sirs or aontalaere,and t&s braad or liquor 

so tranuisrred, the data, the *tore to whioh trM8rerxed 

and the menner in which the name was traneported, lie mhui1 

ate&s and prepare an invoios la daplioate QT *aah such tmn8- 

ier. The invoice shall show the date, the quantity, the 

8h-m of container&i Wd the brand or brande of liquor, the 

name and the ermit numbez of both the &&aa;O stare and 

the one tore P ah raid liquor 16 traartarred. The dug%iOats 

of such i&M&W ,i&all be kept for a 

P 

ertoa et, two years in 

the plaoe of storage end the origina rrhsZ1 8bOoagany the 

8hipUWnt 8t3a be dellrered to the raeefvlng s+¶%J and kept 

on tile at that plaoe for a period 0r at learnt Om years. 

The reoeiving store shall make the proper Sntry in hire permanent book reoord conoernfng all 8UOh reOeifpt@ Oi liqUnr* 
*Liqa0r~ 80 traitshtrmd asp be Nmasported only by 

the holder of a looal 4ar$&&$4 or a oommon oarrier p4rd.t. 

“It &all be unlalriul for any paokage mtafe permlttse 

to fall or refuse to m&e 4~6 keep the reoords a4 herein 

required. It &ml1 be unlawful ror sny 

i? 

okage store 

parmittes to trmster ox brensport 4ny 1 quor fmnn one 

store to another ln.anl manner other than aa herein protia4ul. 

“It &ml1 be unlsrtul for anl paalrage rtcre ormittee, 

his agent, servant or employao to trmwport any I.! puor ror 

ths porpwe~ hereln mntiandl in I private ishlole. 

“(2,). Rule and Rsgulat%on Vo. II-B, dated $4 tsnb4r 28, 

1937, pmW$ated by the T4mm Liquor Control Boar x 18 hereby 

repealed, but &aid Rule and R4gulatlon shell remin in full 

foroe Snd 4ff4Ot Mtil thi4 Order 14 pUbli8hsd a8 required 

by law. 

"(31. X.f say seotiion, portloa, 01~~4, or par8 of 

thlr oraw be h4ld invalid, ths mm4 shall not affeot tany 

other seotlon,~portion, olauso, or p4rt themor. 

"It iB so oxdaed ala the U&h day 0r bugtut, A. b. 

1939. 

(Fubli*hsd Septeabar 1, 19394 TEXAS LIcgm WmROL BOARD" 

Subm4Qion a, 940. It, Art. 66645, V.A.P.C., prwidmr! 

*Any peraonownlng more thaa one paokagd rtoxo pvrmft 

may derignrte one or tha lfo4umd pmti848--= the plao4 

ror starage Or liquor, and he shall ba pil‘rile~ged to traa~tex 

lipuor rrcrm 6u4h stord&4 to his otha lioenrs& ~r45tIzr4~ rjnder 

such rules a8 &all .be~ presarib4Q by the board.* 

we hare railed to find wy oa44 where the ap &2&e 

OOUZt8 of thl4 State ha*4 oonstrusd subeeetion 8, Sact~on f 8, Of 

the Artiale quoted abovs. However, there are m4ny T4Xas 44646 

rqarding the illsgel transportation of fnt@koati.ng ~iquOra* 

xt is etated in erred in Webb T, Sate, 37 SbW. (24) 753, *hat 

in a pro8eeutloa rar traitsporting liquor, a s&wee aerbtig 

*&ranspDpt” as carrying anything from one glacm to another WW' 

oub4tant~aUy oorreot. 
Boaorablm Bert Ford, page 4 

The. drfinition at the word “tmmport” in aif prow- 

*utiVIl for trCtMpWt* llp00r IIHWtO to mwe or 8arr 

pl&ca* or looelity, to another pface, or laorllty. f 

from en4 

BeI& mbatantlally oorreot, Pruett 0. Rtato, f5 9. IV* (26) 716.) Saan 

of the other ~a8eB re&ayding the Illegal transportation or 

liquor are Darls '0. Ftate, 267 F?. l?. 513r Celn v. SCtate, 69 

~2. V. (26) 140; Kamnere v. State, 59 f?. W. (ad) 162 

gtats, 281 S. i;'. 1052; Kmnm v. 'tata, 259 .s. \4. d 

Mooed V. 

gm v. State, 265 ". X. 588. 

1 83) JohnBy vt&ue of Submotion a, Art. 666-4, eupza, it 

is unlawrul for any paraon to trcnepvrt liquor without haVlB& 

prooured 8 permit. We fit4 no axueptlona to thfrr prwlaion 

regart?in& the question UfidGr tXm.SideratiOn. Subaeeti4n b, 

saotlvn 8, aupr4, l uthorlz6r any person hvldiug more.thaa ova 

pa&krr;e atom permit to bealgnats one of the lloenaed. pramiarr 

aa a plaoe for atorege~oi liqvar end permit8 such pcrr8vn $0 

tranefsr liquor troix such atoragls to his ,other,liooBmd promises under such rules a8 shall be prosorlbed by the board. 

A psraon cmviug Elore than on* paokam crton pernit c@a Bat 

truwirr liquor rrvm one liaensrb prenisr to other lieum@ 

predsea unless and rrntll one of such prmisrrr Ir da#ignatod 

es a plaoa for storage vf liquor in oamplQnae tith ,the l k m 

rationed provisions. c0tda4ring t~m0ti0n e, W+~OB 6, 

end aabseation a, et. 666-4, together, it is clpparont that 

liquor cev be legally tmn8port4d wily by 4 por44~, haying a 

pzalt ana #et subsootion 0, 64otlon 8, I6 do exaeption $a 

aub6eotlon a, Art. 666-4. %id f&Ubs8OtioB 8, mOt%OB 6 Otif 

authvrlxes or pam&ts the owner of nore than one pa&age rton 

permit tom designate one ci the licensed 9remimoe a8 a #ten@ 

place for liquor without a atvragb psnnlt, and fttzmr permlt8 

him to transfer 1Sqoor from Eiuuh storage te other 1506Web 

premisea, but doea not authorize him to tran&!pWt 8auh lfpu6r. 

Tha valy way mob liquor aen be legally tmn6 arted is by 

fatsme p*raon who hse obtained 8 permit under t ii l liquor ao&- 

trol sot authorizing him to transport liquor. 'The~OfoTo, the 

a.bove stated question Is reegoothllg answered in the neptln. 

Your? very trulr