Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 2.03 · Chapter 2. CIVIL LIABILITIES FOR SERVING BEVERAGES
EXCLUSIVITY OF STATUTORY REMEDY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
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.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AL/htm/AL.2.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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