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TX Agric Code § 302.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 9 - Weather and Climate|Chapter 302 - Weather Modification and Control Grant Program|Section 302.003. Weather Modification and Control Grant Program

Sec. 302.003.  WEATHER MODIFICATION AND CONTROL GRANT PROGRAM.  The department shall develop and administer a program awarding matching grants to political subdivisions of this state for weather modification and control.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 2.001(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Agric Code § 302.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 9 - Weather and Climate|Chapter 302 - Weather Modification and Control Grant Program|Section 302.004. Rules

Sec. 302.004.  RULES.  The commission may adopt rules necessary to administer this chapter.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 2.001(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Prior law (Sec. 20.004, Agriculture Code) amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 22.003.|
TX Agric Code § 302.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 9 - Weather and Climate|Chapter 302 - Weather Modification and Control Grant Program|Section 302.005. Contracts

Sec. 302.005.  CONTRACTS.  The department may enter into contracts with public or private entities to assist the department in the administration or evaluation of the weather modification and control grant program or to conduct research relating to the effectiveness of weather modification and control activities.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 2.001(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Agric Code § 302.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 9 - Weather and Climate|Chapter 302 - Weather Modification and Control Grant Program|Section 302.006. Funding

Sec. 302.006.  FUNDING.  The department may accept appropriations and may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and other donations from any source to administer the weather modification and control grant program.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 2.001(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 1.01 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.01. Purpose of Code

Sec. 1.01.  PURPOSE OF CODE.  (a)  This code is enacted as a part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed by the legislature in Chapter 448, Acts of the 58th Legislature, 1963 (Article 5429b-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).  The program contemplates a topic-by-topic revision of the state's general and permanent statute law without substantive change.(b)  Consistent with the objectives of the statutory revision program, the purpose of this code is to make the general and permanent alcoholic beverage law more accessible and understandable, by:(1)  rearranging the statutes into a more logical order;(2)  employing a format and numbering system designed to facilitate citation of the law and to accommodate future expansion of the law;(3)  eliminating repealed, duplicative, unconstitutional, expired, executed, and other ineffective provisions;  and(4)  restating the law in modern American English to the greatest extent possible.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 393, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 1.02 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.02. Construction of Code

Sec. 1.02.  CONSTRUCTION OF CODE.  The Code Construction Act (Chapter 311, Government Code) applies to the construction of each provision in this code, except as otherwise expressly provided by this code.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 393, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 67, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 1.03 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.03. Public Policy

Sec. 1.03.  PUBLIC POLICY.  This code is an exercise of the police power of the state for the protection of the welfare, health, peace, temperance, and safety of the people of the state.  It shall be liberally construed to accomplish this purpose.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 393, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 1.05 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.05. General Penalty

Sec. 1.05.  GENERAL PENALTY.  (a)  A person who violates a provision of this code for which a specific penalty is not provided is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or by confinement in the county jail for not more than one year or by both.(b)  The term "specific penalty," as used in this section, means a penalty which might be imposed as a result of a criminal prosecution.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 395, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 1.06 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.06. Code Exclusively Governs

Sec. 1.06.  CODE EXCLUSIVELY GOVERNS.  Unless otherwise specifically provided by the terms of this code, the manufacture, sale, distribution, transportation, and possession of alcoholic beverages shall be governed exclusively by the provisions of this code.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 395, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 1.07 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.07. Resident Aliens

Sec. 1.07.  RESIDENT ALIENS.  (a)  For purposes of any provision of this code that requires an applicant for a license or permit to be a United States citizen or Texas citizen, regardless of whether it applies to an individual, a percentage of stockholders of a corporation, or members of a partnership, firm, or association, an individual who is not a United States citizen but who legally resides in the state is treated as a United States citizen and a citizen of Texas.(b)  If it is required that an individual have resided in the state for a specified period of time, an alien legally residing in the state satisfies the requirement if he has legally resided in the state for the prescribed period of time.  If an alien becomes a United States citizen while residing in Texas, any continuous period of time he legally resided in the state immediately before becoming a citizen is included in computing his period of continuous residence in the state.|Added by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 1971, ch. 777, Sec. 18, eff. Aug. 27, 1979.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 1.08 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.08. Prevention of Human Trafficking

Sec. 1.08.  PREVENTION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.  It is the intent of the legislature to prevent human trafficking at all permitted and licensed premises, and all provisions of this code shall be liberally construed to carry out this intent, and it shall be a duty and priority of the commission to adhere to a zero tolerance policy of preventing human trafficking and related practices.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 1.09 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.09. References to Certain Terms

Sec. 1.09.  REFERENCES TO CERTAIN TERMS.  A reference in this code to:(1)  "Ale," "beer," or "malt liquor" means a malt beverage.(2)  "Brewer's permit" or "manufacturer's license" means a brewer's license.(3)  "Nonresident brewer's permit" or "nonresident manufacturer's license" means a nonresident brewer's license.(4)  "Wine and beer retailer's off-premise permit" means a wine and malt beverage retailer's off-premise permit.(5)  "Wine and beer retailer's permit" means a wine and malt beverage retailer's permit.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 2.01 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Civil Liabilities for Serving Beverages|Section 2.01. Definitions

Sec. 2.01.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Provider" means a person who sells or serves an alcoholic beverage under authority of a license or permit issued under the terms of this code or who otherwise sells an alcoholic beverage to an individual.(2)  "Provision" includes, but is not limited to, the sale or service of an alcoholic beverage.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 303, Sec. 3, eff. June 11, 1987.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 2.02 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Civil Liabilities for Serving Beverages|Section 2.02. Causes of Action

Sec. 2.02.  CAUSES OF ACTION.  (a)  This chapter does not affect the right of any person to bring a common law cause of action against any individual whose consumption of an alcoholic beverage allegedly resulted in causing the person bringing the suit to suffer personal injury or property damage.(b)  Providing, selling, or serving an alcoholic beverage may be made the basis of a statutory cause of action under this chapter and may be made the basis of a revocation proceeding under Section 6.01(b) of this code upon proof that:(1)  at the time the provision occurred it was apparent to the provider that the individual being sold, served, or provided with an alcoholic beverage was obviously intoxicated to the extent that he presented a clear danger to himself and others;  and(2)  the intoxication of the recipient of the alcoholic beverage was a proximate cause of the damages suffered.(c)  An adult 21 years of age or older is liable for damages proximately caused by the intoxication of a minor under the age of 18 if:(1)  the adult is not:(A)  the minor's parent, guardian, or spouse; or(B)  an adult in whose custody the minor has been committed by a court; and(2)  the adult knowingly:(A)  served or provided to the minor any of the alcoholic beverages that contributed to the minor's intoxication; or(B)  allowed the minor to be served or provided any of the alcoholic beverages that contributed to the minor's intoxication on the premises owned or leased by the adult.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 303, Sec. 3, eff. June 11, 1987.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 643 (H.B. 2868), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 2.03 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Civil Liabilities for Serving Beverages|Section 2.03. Exclusivity of Statutory Remedy

Sec. 2.03.  EXCLUSIVITY OF STATUTORY REMEDY.  (a)  The liability of providers under this chapter for the actions of their employees, customers, members, or guests who are or become intoxicated is in lieu of common law or other statutory law warranties and duties of providers of alcoholic beverages.(b)  This chapter does not impose obligations on a provider of alcoholic beverages other than those expressly stated in this chapter.(c)  This chapter provides the exclusive cause of action for providing an alcoholic beverage to a person 18 years of age or older.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 303, Sec. 3, eff. June 11, 1987.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 456, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 6.01 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 2 - Administration of Code|Chapter 6 - Activities Subject to Regulation|Section 6.01. Rights and Privileges; Revocation

Sec. 6.01.  RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES;  REVOCATION.  (a)  A person may manufacture, distill, brew, sell, import, export, transport, distribute, warehouse, store, possess, possess for the purpose of sale, bottle, rectify, blend, treat, fortify, mix, or process alcoholic beverages or possess equipment or material designed for or capable of use for manufacturing alcoholic beverages, if the right or privilege of doing so is granted by this code and the person has first obtained a license or permit of the proper type as required by this code.(b)  A license or permit issued under this code is a purely personal privilege and is subject to revocation or suspension if the holder is found to have violated a provision of this code or a rule of the commission.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 303, Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 934, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 6.02 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 2 - Administration of Code|Chapter 6 - Activities Subject to Regulation|Section 6.02. Coordination of Expiration Dates

Sec. 6.02.  COORDINATION OF EXPIRATION DATES.  (a)  The commission may authorize a licensee or permittee to change the expiration date of a license or permit held by the licensee or permittee to any date that is agreeable to the commission, consistent with a reasonable annual distribution of renewal application review work of the commission, and to the licensee or permittee.(b)  The fee for an application for a change in expiration date is $25 per license or permit affected.(c)  The commission may not abate or refund a license or permit fee because of a change in the expiration date made under this section but may authorize a license or permit period of less than one year for the period during which the expiration date is changed.  The commission may not authorize a license or permit period of greater than two years.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 36, Sec. 5, eff. Oct. 18, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (S.B. 1217), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 6.04 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 2 - Administration of Code|Chapter 6 - Activities Subject to Regulation|Section 6.04. Grace Period on Renewal of Licenses and Permits

Sec. 6.04.  GRACE PERIOD ON RENEWAL OF LICENSES AND PERMITS.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the holder of a license or permit issued under this code may renew the license or permit rather than reapply for an original license or permit if, not later than the 30th day after the date of the expiration of the license or permit, the holder files a renewal application and the required license or permit fee with the commission and pays a late fee as provided by rules of the commission.(b)  If an application is filed under Subsection (a), a violation of the law that occurs before the filing of a renewal application may be the basis for an administrative action against the holder of the license or permit.(c)  The holder of a license or permit who does not renew the license or permit before its expiration date may not operate until the holder files an application under Subsection (a).(d)  The commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 934, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 364, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 6.05 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 2 - Administration of Code|Chapter 6 - Activities Subject to Regulation|Section 6.05. Corporate Liability

Sec. 6.05.  CORPORATE LIABILITY.  A corporation with an ownership interest in a corporation holding a permit under Section 6.03(k) of this code and which shares space, employees, business facilities, or services is subject to liability under Chapter 2 of this code.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 934, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 103.01 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 4 - Regulatory and Penal Provisions|Chapter 103 - Illicit Beverages|Section 103.01. Illicit Beverages Prohibited

Sec. 103.01.  ILLICIT BEVERAGES PROHIBITED.  No person may possess, manufacture, transport, or sell an illicit beverage.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 505, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 103.02 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 4 - Regulatory and Penal Provisions|Chapter 103 - Illicit Beverages|Section 103.02. Equipment or Material for Manufacture of Illicit Beverages

Sec. 103.02.  EQUIPMENT OR MATERIAL FOR MANUFACTURE OF ILLICIT BEVERAGES.  No person may possess equipment or material designed for, capable of use for, or used in manufacturing an illicit beverage.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 505, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 103.03 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 4 - Regulatory and Penal Provisions|Chapter 103 - Illicit Beverages|Section 103.03. Seizure of Illicit Beverages, Etc

Sec. 103.03.  SEIZURE OF ILLICIT BEVERAGES, ETC.  A peace officer may seize without a warrant:(1)  any illicit beverage, its container, and its packaging;(2)  any vehicle, including an aircraft or watercraft, used to transport an illicit beverage;(3)  any equipment designed for use in or used in manufacturing an illicit beverage;  or(4)  any material to be used in manufacturing an illicit beverage.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 505, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 103.04 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 4 - Regulatory and Penal Provisions|Chapter 103 - Illicit Beverages|Section 103.04. Arrest of Person in Possession

Sec. 103.04.  ARREST OF PERSON IN POSSESSION.  A peace officer may arrest without a warrant any person found in possession of:(1)  an illicit beverage;(2)  any equipment designed for use in or used in manufacturing an illicit beverage;  or(3)  any material to be used in manufacturing an illicit beverage.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 505, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 103.05 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 4 - Regulatory and Penal Provisions|Chapter 103 - Illicit Beverages|Section 103.05. Report of Seizure

Sec. 103.05.  REPORT OF SEIZURE.  (a)  A peace officer who makes a seizure under Section 103.03 of this code shall make a report in triplicate which lists each item seized and the place and name of the owner, operator, or other person from whom it is seized.  One copy of the report shall be verified by oath.(b)  The verified copy shall be retained in the permanent files of the commission or other agency making the seizure.  The copy is subject to inspection by any member of the legislature or by any authorized law enforcement agency of the state.(c)  One copy of the report shall be delivered to the person from whom the seizure is made.(d)  A peace officer who makes a false report of the property seized commits a felony punishable by confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than two years and not more than five years.(e)  A peace officer who fails to file the reports of a seizure as required by this section commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100 or by confinement in jail for not less than 10 nor more than 90 days or by both.  The commission shall insure that the reports are made by peace officers.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 505, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5222, ch. 954, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1983.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.008, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 103.06 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 4 - Regulatory and Penal Provisions|Chapter 103 - Illicit Beverages|Section 103.06. Beverage Seized by Peace Officer

Sec. 103.06.  BEVERAGE SEIZED BY PEACE OFFICER.  Any alcoholic beverage, its container, and its packaging which has been seized by a peace officer, as provided in Section 103.03:(1)  may not be replevied; and(2)  shall be:(A)  destroyed or disposed of by a peace officer; or(B)  delivered to the commission for immediate public or private sale in the manner the commission considers best.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 506, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 223 (H.B. 763), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 103.07 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 4 - Regulatory and Penal Provisions|Chapter 103 - Illicit Beverages|Section 103.07. Beverage of Illicit Manufacture or Unfit for Consumption

Sec. 103.07.  BEVERAGE OF ILLICIT MANUFACTURE OR UNFIT FOR CONSUMPTION.  (a)  The commission may not sell alcoholic beverages seized by a peace officer, as provided in Section 103.03, that are unfit for public consumption or are of illicit manufacture.(b)  Alcoholic beverages are unfit for public consumption if:(1)  the manufacturer or wholesaler of the beverages determines that the beverages are inappropriate for sale to a consumer;(2)  the beverages are damaged; or(3)  the code date affixed by the manufacturer to the beverages has expired.(c)  If the commission determines that seized alcoholic beverages are unfit for public consumption or are of illicit manufacture, the commission shall destroy the alcoholic beverages.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 506, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1182 (S.B. 1255), Sec. 8, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Alco Bev Code § 103.08 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Alcoholic Beverage Code|Title 4 - Regulatory and Penal Provisions|Chapter 103 - Illicit Beverages|Section 103.08. Sale of Malt Beverage

Sec. 103.08.  SALE OF MALT BEVERAGE.  (a)  Any malt beverage, its container, or its packaging which is seized under the terms of this chapter shall be disposed of in accordance with this section.(b)  On notification that the malt beverage has been seized, the commission shall promptly notify a holder of a general or branch distributor's license who handles the brand of malt beverage seized and who operates in the county in which it was seized.  If the malt beverage was seized in a dry area, the commission shall notify either the general or branch distributor who handles the brand operating nearest the area or the brewer brewing the malt beverage.  The commission and the distributor or brewer shall jointly determine whether the malt beverage is in a salable condition.(c)  If the malt beverage is determined not to be in a salable condition, the commission shall immediately destroy it.  If it is determined to be in a salable condition, it shall be offered for sale to the distributor or brewer.  If offered to a distributor, the malt beverage shall be sold at the distributor's cost price less any state taxes which have been paid on the malt beverage, F.O.B. the distributor's place of business.  If the malt beverage is offered to a brewer, it shall be sold at the brewer's cost price to its nearest distributor, less any state taxes which have been paid on the malt beverage, F.O.B., the nearest distributor's place of business.  In either case, the storage or warehousing charges necessarily incurred as a result of the seizure shall be added to the cost price.(d)  If the distributor or brewer does not exercise the right to purchase salable malt beverages or to purchase returnable bottles, containers, or packages at their deposit price within 10 days, the commission shall sell the malt beverages, bottles, containers, or packages at public or private sale as provided in this chapter.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 506, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 319, eff. September 1, 2021.|