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Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 1.05

This is the official text of Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 1.05, part of Texas’s Alcoholic Beverage Code — regulates the sale and distribution of alcohol.

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§ 1.05. GENERAL PENALTY.

Official statutory text

(a) A person who violates a provision of this code for which a specific penalty is not provided is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or by confinement in the county jail for not more than one year or by both.

(b) The term "specific penalty," as used in this section, means a penalty which might be imposed as a result of a criminal prosecution.

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