Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 102.71 · Subchapter D. MALT BEVERAGE INDUSTRY FAIR DEALING LAW
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "This Act" means this subchapter which shall have the short title and may be cited as the "Malt Beverage Industry Fair Dealing Law."
(2) "Agreement" means any contract, agreement, or arrangement, whether expressed or implied, whether oral or written, for a definite or indefinite period between a brewer and a distributor pursuant to which a distributor has the right to purchase, resell, and distribute any brand or brands of malt beverage offered by a brewer.
(3) "Distributor" means those persons licensed under Section 64.01 or 65.01 of this code.
(4) "Brewer" means those persons licensed under Section 62.01, 63.01, or 74.01.
(5) "Territory" or "sales territory" means the geographic area of distribution and sale responsibility designated by an agreement between a distributor and brewer, as provided in Section 102.51 of this code, for any brands of the brewer.
(6) "Good cause" means the failure by any party to an agreement, without reasonable excuse or justification, to comply substantially with an essential, reasonable, and commercially acceptable requirement imposed by the other party under the terms of an agreement.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 60, ch. 26, Sec. 1, eff. April 8, 1981.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 309, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AL/htm/AL.102.htm
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This section cites
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Alcoholic Beverage Code
- Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 62.01AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.Printed as Section 62.01, 63.01, or 74.01
- Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 63.01AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.Printed as Section 62.01, 63.01, or 74.01
- Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 64.01AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.Printed as Section 64.01 or 65.01
- Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 74.01AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.Printed as Section 62.01, 63.01, or 74.01
- Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 102.51SETTING OF TERRITORIAL LIMITS.Printed as Section 102.51
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