Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 108.56
This is the official text of Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 108.56, part of Texas’s Alcoholic Beverage Code — regulates the sale and distribution of alcohol.
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§ 108.56. DRY AREAS.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), no person may erect or maintain a billboard or electric sign in an area or zone where the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited by law.
(b) A person may erect or maintain a billboard in an area or zone where the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited by law if:
(1) the premises that the billboard advertises is located in a county with a population of 250,000 or less; and
(2) the billboard is within 1,500 feet of the premises that the billboard advertises; and
(3) a United States highway that merges into and becomes an interstate highway separates the premises and the billboard; or
(4) the billboard is located adjacent to a wet precinct separated by a United States highway that merges into and becomes an interstate highway in a county with a population of 250,000 or less and advertises directions to a winery located in the adjacent wet precinct.
(b) A person may erect or maintain a billboard in an area or zone where the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited by law if:
(1) the premises that the billboard advertises is located in a county with a population of 250,000 or less; and
(2) the billboard is within 1,500 feet of the premises that the billboard advertises; and
(3) a United States highway that merges into and becomes an interstate highway separates the premises and the billboard; or
(4) the billboard is located adjacent to a wet precinct separated by a United States highway that merges into and becomes an interstate highway in a county with a population of 250,000 or less and advertises directions to a winery located in the adjacent wet precinct.
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