Bill Text: TX HB1346 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a local option election to allow the sale of certain alcoholic beverages on Sunday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB1346 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1346-Introduced.html
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By: Bucy | H.B. No. 1346 |
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relating to a local option election to allow the sale of certain | ||
alcoholic beverages on Sunday. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 105.01(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided in Sections 105.011, 105.02, 105.03, | ||
105.04, 105.08, and 105.091, no person may sell, offer for sale, or | ||
deliver any liquor: | ||
(1) on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, or Christmas | ||
Day; | ||
(2) on Sunday; or | ||
(3) before 10 a.m. or after 9 p.m. on any other day. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 105, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 105.011 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 105.011. SUNDAY SALE OF LIQUOR IN CERTAIN AREAS. In an | ||
area where the sale on Sunday of liquor for off-premise consumption | ||
has been approved by local option election: | ||
(1) the holder of a package store permit may sell, | ||
offer for sale, or deliver liquor on Sunday between 10 a.m. and 9 | ||
p.m.; | ||
(2) the holder of a wholesaler's permit may sell, offer | ||
for sale, or deliver liquor to a retailer anytime on Sunday; and | ||
(3) the holder of a local distributor's permit may | ||
sell, offer for sale, or deliver liquor to a retailer on Sunday | ||
between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 501.0351 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 501.0351. ISSUE ON SUNDAY SALE OF LIQUOR. (a) In an | ||
area where the sale of liquor for off-premise consumption has been | ||
legalized, a local option election may be held to prohibit or | ||
legalize the sale on Sunday of liquor for off-premise consumption. | ||
(b) The ballot shall be prepared to permit voting for or | ||
against the issue: "The sale on Sunday of liquor for off-premise | ||
consumption." | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |