Title AL, Alcoholic Beverage Code

Sec. 14.071. TRANSPORTING LIQUOR. (a) The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit may transport liquor, if the transportation is for a lawful purpose, from: (1) the place of purchase to the holder's place of business; and (2) the place of sale or distribution to the purcha…

Sec. 14.08. STORAGE. (a) The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit may store liquor: (1) on the permit holder's premises; or (2) inside the county in which the permit holder's business is located in a: (A) public bonded warehouse authorized to store liquor under Chapter …

Sec. 14.09. DISTILLED SPIRITS SAMPLING AT TEMPORARY EVENT. (a) The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit may conduct distilled spirits samplings or tastings at a civic or distilled spirits festival, farmers' market, celebration, or similar event. (b) The distilled spirit…

Sec. 14.10. OPERATING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN PERMIT HOLDERS. (a) The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit may enter into an agreement with another holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit that allows the distiller's and rectifier's permit holder to engage in the follo…

Sec. 15.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. (a) A distiller's agent may: (1) represent the holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit; (2) solicit and take orders from a holder of a wholesaler's permit for the sale of distilled spirits manufactured by the permit holder represented by …

Sec. 15.04. SOLICITATION FROM HOLDER OF MIXED BEVERAGE OR PRIVATE CLUB PERMIT. A distiller's agent may not solicit business directly or indirectly from a holder of a mixed beverage permit or a private club registration permit unless the distiller's agent is accompanied by the hol…

Sec. 15.05. UNAUTHORIZED REPRESENTATION. A distiller's agent in soliciting or taking orders for the sale of liquor may not represent that the agent is an agent of any person other than the person who employs the agent or who has authorized the agent to represent the person. Added…

Sec. 16.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. (a) Except as provided by Section 16.011, the holder of a winery permit may: (1) manufacture, bottle, label, and package wine containing not more than 24 percent alcohol by volume; (2) manufacture fruit brandy and: (A) use that brandy on the win…

Sec. 16.011. PREMISES IN DRY AREA. A winery permit may be issued for premises in an area in which the sale of wine has not been authorized by a local option election. A holder of a permit under this section may engage in any activity authorized under Section 16.01 except that the…

Sec. 16.03. IMPORTATION FOR BLENDING. The holder of a winery permit may, for blending purposes, import wines or grape brandy. The wine or grape brandy may be purchased only from the holders of nonresident seller's permits. The state tax on wines imported for blending purposes doe…

Sec. 16.04. FEDERAL PERMIT REQUIRED. A winery permit may be granted only on presentation of an appropriate federal wine permit. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 416, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2116, ch. 819, Sec. 1, eff. June 13, 1979. Amende…

Sec. 16.05. OPERATING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN PERMIT HOLDERS. (a) The holder of a winery permit may engage in any activity authorized by that permit on the permitted premises of another winery permit holder under an agreement between the permit holders that is approved by the commissi…

Sec. 16.06. PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN OFF-PREMISES WINE EVALUATION ACTIVITIES. (a) For the purpose of participating in an organized wine tasting, wine evaluation, wine competition, or literary review, the holder of a winery permit may deliver wine produced and manufactured by the …

Sec. 16.07. WINE SAMPLING. (a) The holder of a winery permit may conduct wine samplings, including wine tastings, on the permitted premises. The holder of the permit may collect a fee for the wine sampling. (b) A sampling event authorized by this section may not be advertised exc…

Sec. 16.08. WINE FESTIVALS. (a) At an event that is approved by the commission, organized to celebrate and promote the wine industry in this state, and held in whole or in part on the premises of the holder of a winery permit, the permit holder may: (1) sell wine to consumers for…

Sec. 16.09. DIRECT SHIPMENT TO CONSUMERS. (a) The holder of a winery permit may ship wine to the ultimate consumer, including ultimate consumers located in dry areas. Delivery must be by the holder of a carrier permit. (b) All wine shipped to an ultimate consumer by the holder of…

Sec. 16.10. TRANSPORTING WINE. (a) The holder of a winery permit may transport wine, if the transportation is for a lawful purpose, from: (1) the place of purchase to the holder's place of business; and (2) the place of sale or distribution to the purchaser. (b) The holder of a w…

Sec. 16.11. STORAGE. (a) The holder of a winery permit may store wine: (1) on the permit holder's premises; or (2) inside or outside the county in which the permit holder's business is located in a: (A) public bonded warehouse that is authorized to store liquor under Chapter 46; …

Sec. 16.12. SALES AT TEMPORARY LOCATION. (a) The holder of a winery permit may sell wine at a civic or wine festival, farmers' market, celebration, or similar event. (b) The holder of a winery permit may not offer wine for sale under this section on more than four consecutive day…

Sec. 19.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. The holder of a wholesaler's permit may: (1) purchase and import liquor from distillers, wineries, and rectifiers who are holders of nonresident seller's permits or from their agents; (2) purchase liquor from other wholesalers in the state; (3) …

Sec. 19.03. PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES. The holder of a wholesaler's permit or the permittee's agent may enter the licensed premises of a mixed beverage permittee or private club registration permittee to determine the brands offered for sale and suggest or promote the sale of other …

Sec. 19.04. MINIATURE CONTAINERS. In addition to other authorized containers, a wholesaler's permittee may import, sell, offer for sale, and possess for the purpose of resale distilled spirits, wine, and vinous liquors in containers of not less than one ounce nor more than two ou…

Sec. 19.06. TRANSPORTING LIQUOR. (a) The holder of a wholesaler's permit may transport liquor, if the transportation is for a lawful purpose, from: (1) the place of purchase to the holder's place of business; and (2) the place of sale or distribution to the purchaser. (b) The hol…

Sec. 19.07. STORAGE. (a) The holder of a wholesaler's permit may store liquor: (1) on the permit holder's premises; or (2) inside the county in which the permit holder's business is located in a: (A) public bonded warehouse authorized to store liquor under Chapter 46; or (B) priv…

Sec. 20.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. The holder of a general class B wholesaler's permit may: (1) purchase and import vinous liquors from wineries, rectifiers, and wine manufacturers who are the holders of nonresident seller's permits or their agents; (2) purchase vinous liquors fr…

Sec. 20.04. TRANSPORTING LIQUOR. (a) The holder of a general class B wholesaler's permit may transport liquor, if the transportation is for a lawful purpose, from: (1) the place of purchase to the holder's place of business; and (2) the place of sale or distribution to the purcha…

Sec. 20.05. STORAGE. (a) The holder of a general class B wholesaler's permit may store liquor: (1) on the permitted premises; or (2) inside the county in which the permittee's business is located in a: (A) public bonded warehouse authorized to store liquor under Chapter 46; or (B…

Sec. 22.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. The holder of a package store permit may: (1) purchase liquor in this state from the holder of a winery, wholesaler's, or class B wholesaler's permit; (2) purchase malt beverages in this state from the holder of a general or branch distributor's…

Sec. 22.03. DELIVERIES TO CUSTOMERS. (a) The holder of a package store permit or wine only package store permit issued for a location within a city or town or within two miles of the corporate limits of a city or town may make deliveries of and collections for alcoholic beverages…

Sec. 22.04. LIMITATION ON PACKAGE STORE INTERESTS. (a) A person may not hold or have an interest, directly or indirectly, in more than 250 package stores or in their business or permit. (b) For the purpose of this section: (1) a person has an interest in any permit in which his s…

Sec. 22.041. ACQUISITION OF EXISTING PACKAGE STORE BUSINESS. (a) The commission may issue an original package store permit to a person for an existing package store business if: (1) the person acquired by purchase or otherwise the existing package store business; and (2) the exis…

Sec. 22.05. TRANSFER OF PERMITS. The holder of a package store permit may not transfer the permit to another county. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 421, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 84, eff. September 1, 2019.

Sec. 22.06. PROHIBITED INTERESTS. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 102.05, no person who holds a package store permit or owns an interest in a package store may have a direct or indirect interest in any of the following: (1) a brewer's, retail dealer's on-premise, or g…

Sec. 22.08. TRANSFER OF BEVERAGES. (a) The owner of more than one package store may transfer alcoholic beverages between any of the owner's licensed premises in the same county between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. on any day when the sale of those beverages is legal, subject to…

Sec. 22.10. OPENING CONTAINERS PROHIBITED. Except as authorized under Section 14.07, 22.18, or 37.01(d), a person may not break or open a container containing liquor or a malt beverage or possess an opened container of liquor or a malt beverage on the premises of a package store.…

Sec. 22.11. CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES PROHIBITED. Except as authorized under Section 14.07, 22.18, or 37.01(d), a person may not sell, barter, exchange, deliver, or give away any drink or drinks of alcoholic beverages from a container that has been opened or broken on the premises …

Sec. 22.12. BREACH OF PEACE. The commission or administrator may suspend or cancel a package store permit after giving the permittee notice and the opportunity to show compliance with all requirements of law for the retention of the permit if it finds that a breach of the peace h…

Sec. 22.13. AGE OF PACKAGE STORE EMPLOYEES. (a) A package store permittee may not knowingly utilize or employ any person under the age of 21 to work on the premises of a package store in any capacity or to deliver alcohol off the premises of a package store. (b) This section shal…

Sec. 22.14. SEPARATE PREMISES REQUIRED. (a) The premises of a package store shall be completely separated from the premises of other businesses by a solid, opaque wall from floor to ceiling, without connecting doors, shared bathroom facilities, or shared entry foyers. (b) The pre…

Sec. 22.15. CONDUCTING SEPARATE BUSINESSES AS A COMMON OPERATION. (a) No package store permittee, except for permittees wholly owned by the same persons, may conduct business in a manner so as to directly or indirectly coordinate operations with another package store as if they s…

Sec. 22.16. OWNERSHIP BY PUBLIC CORPORATIONS PROHIBITED. (a) A package store permit may not be owned or held by a public corporation, or by any entity which is directly or indirectly owned or controlled, in whole or in part, by a public corporation, or by any entity which would h…

Sec. 22.17. SALE TO CUSTOMER IN STORE AT CLOSING. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, if a customer has entered a package store during hours in which the package store may sell alcohol and is still in the store at the time the hours of legal sale end, the permittee …

Sec. 22.18. TASTINGS. (a) The holder of a package store permit may conduct product tastings of distilled spirits, wine, malt beverages, or spirit-based coolers on the permitted premises during regular business hours as provided by this section. (b) Written notification of a produ…

Sec. 22.19. PURCHASE AND SALE OF VINTAGE DISTILLED SPIRITS. (a) The holder of a package store permit may purchase vintage distilled spirits from a vintage distilled spirits seller. (b) A vintage distilled spirits seller may sell to the holder of a package store permit, for each p…

Sec. 23.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. (a) The holder of a local distributor's permit may: (1) purchase alcoholic beverages, including malt beverages, from wholesalers and distributors authorized to sell them for resale, but may purchase only those brands available for general distri…

Sec. 23.03. ELIGIBILITY FOR PERMIT. The commission or the administrator may issue a local distributor's permit only to a holder of a package store permit. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 422, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.