Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 102.53
This is the official text of Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 102.53, part of Texas’s Alcoholic Beverage Code — regulates the sale and distribution of alcohol.
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§ 102.53. RIGHTS OF RETAILERS.
Official statutory text
Nothing in Section 102.51 or 102.52 limits or alters the right of a holder of a retail license or permit to purchase malt beverages at the licensed premises of any general or branch distributor's licensee in the state and transport those malt beverages to the licensee's licensed premises, except that the retailer may sell the malt beverages only within a territory for which the brewer of the brand has designated that the malt beverages may be sold by a distributor.
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