Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 61.45 · Subchapter B. APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE OF LICENSES
DENIAL OF RETAILER'S OR DISTRIBUTOR'S LICENSE: PROHIBITED INTEREST IN PREMISES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission may deny an application for a retail dealer's license if the commission has reasonable grounds to believe and finds that:
(1) the applicant owns or has an interest in the premises covered by a brewer's or distributor's license; or
(2) the holder of a brewer's or distributor's license owns or has an interest in the premises sought to be licensed.
(b) The commission may deny an application for a distributor's license if the commission has reasonable grounds to believe and finds that:
(1) the applicant owns or has an interest in the premises covered by a retail dealer's license; or
(2) a holder of a retail dealer's license owns or has an interest in the premises sought to be licensed.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 467, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 188(a), eff. December 31, 2020.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 188(b), eff. September 1, 2021.
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.61.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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