Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 108.80
This is the official text of Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 108.80, part of Texas’s Alcoholic Beverage Code — regulates the sale and distribution of alcohol.
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§ 108.80. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Official statutory text
(a) If a permittee, licensee, or other party to an agreement under this subchapter alleges that the administrator is or has been, directly or indirectly, unfairly, arbitrarily, capriciously, or wrongly exercising or withholding the exercise of the administrator's authority under Section 108.79, desires a declaration of rights under this subchapter, or alleges threatened or actual damage or injury arising out of a violation of this subchapter or any other law relating to the process and rights provided by this subchapter, the aggrieved party may bring suit in a district court in Travis County:
(1) to require, contest, or suspend enforcement of any act or omission by the administrator or commission; or
(2) concerning any administrative, regulatory, legal, or judicial act or omission, including seeking mandatory and prohibitory injunctive and extraordinary relief or declaratory relief.
(b) The court in its discretion may allow the permittee, licensee, or other party to an agreement to recover court costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred in the defense or prosecution of the action.
(1) to require, contest, or suspend enforcement of any act or omission by the administrator or commission; or
(2) concerning any administrative, regulatory, legal, or judicial act or omission, including seeking mandatory and prohibitory injunctive and extraordinary relief or declaratory relief.
(b) The court in its discretion may allow the permittee, licensee, or other party to an agreement to recover court costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred in the defense or prosecution of the action.
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