Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 37.01 · Chapter 37. NONRESIDENT SELLER'S PERMIT
AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The holder of a nonresident seller's permit may:
(1) solicit and take orders for liquor from permittees authorized to import liquor into this state; and
(2) ship liquor into this state, or cause it to be shipped into this state, in consummation of sales made to permittees authorized to import liquor into the state.
(b) The holder of a nonresident seller's permit who owns a winery outside of the state may conduct samplings of the kinds of alcoholic beverages the permit holder is authorized to produce, including tastings, at a retailer's premises. An employee of the winery may open, touch, or pour the alcoholic beverages, make a presentation, or answer questions at a sampling event.
(c) Any alcoholic beverages used in a sampling event under Subsection (b) must be purchased from the retailer on whose premises the sampling event is held. Subsection (b) does not authorize the holder of a nonresident seller's permit or the permit holder's agent to withdraw or purchase alcoholic beverages from the holder of a wholesaler's permit or provide alcoholic beverages for a sampling event on a retailer's premises that is not purchased from the retailer. The amount of alcoholic beverages purchased from the retailer may not exceed the amount of alcoholic beverages used in the sampling event.
(d) The holder of a nonresident seller's permit or an agent or employee of the permit holder may provide samples or tastings of the kinds of distilled spirits the permit holder is authorized to produce in the manner authorized by Section 14.07 for the holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit or the agent or employee of the holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit. Distilled spirits may legally be transported by the holder of a nonresident seller's permit or the permit holder's agent or employee to a retailer's premises for the purpose of providing a sample or a tasting under this subsection. The cost of the distilled spirits provided for a sampling or tasting under this subsection is the responsibility of the holder of the nonresident seller's permit providing the sampling or tasting.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 445, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 192 (H.B. 937), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1073 (H.B. 2723), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 792 (H.B. 1997), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 141, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 142, eff. September 1, 2019.
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.37.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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Alcoholic Beverage Code
Cited by 6 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 37.01. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Alcoholic Beverage Code
- Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 22.10OPENING CONTAINERS PROHIBITED.Printed as Section 14.07, 22.18, or 37.01(d)
- Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 22.11CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES PROHIBITED.Printed as Section 14.07, 22.18, or 37.01(d)
- Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 28.06POSSESSION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE NOT COVERED BY INVOICE.Printed as Sections 14.07, 28.20, and 37.01(d)
- Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 28.15STAMPS.Printed as Sections 14.07 and 37.01(d)
- Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 32.20STAMPS.Printed as Sections 14.07 and 37.01(d)
- Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 36.01AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.Printed as Section 37.01(d)
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