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Alcoholic Beverage Code §102.04

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In force on Sep 01, 2021 · this text took effect Sep 01, 2021 · same as today's text

PERSONS BARRED FROM INTEREST IN MIXED BEVERAGE BUSINESS

(a) This section applies to any person who has an interest in the business of a distiller-rectifier, wholesaler, class B wholesaler, winery, or local distributor's permittee. This section also applies to the agent, servant, or employee of a person who has an interest in one of those businesses. (b) Except as permitted in Section 23.01 of this code, no person to whom this section applies may: (1) have a direct or indirect interest in the business, premises, equipment, or fixtures of a mixed beverage establishment; (2) furnish or lend any money, service, or other thing of value to a mixed beverage permittee or guarantee the fulfillment of a financial obligation of a mixed beverage permittee; (3) enter or offer to enter into an agreement, condition, or system which in effect amounts to the shipment and delivery of alcoholic beverages on consignment; (4) furnish, rent, lend, or sell to a mixed beverage permittee any equipment, fixtures, or supplies used in the selling or dispensing of alcoholic beverages; (5) pay or make an allowance to a mixed beverage permittee for a special advertising or distributing service, or allow the permittee an excessive discount; (6) offer to a mixed beverage permittee a prize, premium, or other inducement, except as permitted by Section 102.07 (b) of this code; or (7) advertise in the convention program or sponsor a function at a meeting or convention or a trade association of holders of mixed beverage permits, unless the trade association was incorporated before 1950.

History: Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 499, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1183, ch. 453, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2118, ch. 819, Sec. 10, eff. June 13, 1979; Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1352, ch. 278, Sec. 53, eff. Sept. 1, 1983. Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545 ), Sec. 282, eff. September 1, 2021.

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