or.serve-alcoholic-beverages for on- premises consumption may exacti- tude, it wou,ldnot be,,approprfate.,tozwdefine the term "incidental" in such,,awaythatwonld Lexclude only a very restrictive categoryof.'tavern owners from the purview -of,Section.27(l). Such 'a-restrictiveinter- pretation,would not be-in .keepingwSth.-theintent of. Article 13.17, as expressed-,bythe Supreme Court, to "free the small tavern owner from the -hold of the machine industry" because,.suchan -interpretationwould result in many .tavernownersbeing:,forced to.lease machines from.jthe--vending-industry; Nonetheless, it is also inappropriate-.toconclude-that the.owners of such permits may"own>>an unlimitednumberof machines.
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The Amusement Machine,CommissionJpossesses the authorilzy,-to,promulgate, regulate the number>of mach&nes an.owner:.of%a:per&it to sell or serve,alcotro-l;itr. .beveragesjfor on-premises consumption may ownathis placeof: business.;::These -rules must not go.-beyond.the~~Commia.s~on..'s .s.tatuttary a,uthoriz&on and-musk-be,sufficiently explicit.to,informthose~~ persons affeotedrby them what conduct*: a violation;=-- The Commissfon.~may~.de.termine if any busi- nesses.are failing to comply-*withArticle 13.17. After s.ucha-determination, appropriate civil and criminal remedies,iireavailable-to the.-.Commission. d.
-Very truly yours,
I/ Attorney General of Texas
DAVID MI.KENDALL; Chairman -. - Opinion Committee - '.
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