Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 54.12 · Chapter 54. OUT-OF-STATE WINERY DIRECT SHIPPER'S PERMIT
PENALTY FOR SHIPPING WITHOUT A PERMIT.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Any person who does not hold an out-of-state winery direct shipper's permit who sells and ships alcohol from outside of Texas to an ultimate consumer in Texas commits on first offense a Class B misdemeanor, on second offense a Class A misdemeanor, and on third offense a state jail felony.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 36 (S.B. 877), Sec. 2, eff. May 9, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AL/htm/AL.54.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 50bf46ba2bb512a09e453439e3123d7dbb01e9a63172ee272eafbf4be17063cc
- Composed by
- 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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