Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 11.492
This is the official text of Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 11.492, part of Texas’s Alcoholic Beverage Code — regulates the sale and distribution of alcohol.
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§ 11.492. CHANGE OF LICENSE OR PERMIT FROM ON-PREMISE TO OFF-PREMISE.
Official statutory text
(a) A holder of a wine and malt beverage retailer's permit may change the permit to a wine and malt beverage retailer's off-premise permit, and a holder of a retail dealer's on-premise license may change the license to a retail dealer's off-premise license, in the manner provided by this section.
(b) Any time before the expiration of a wine and malt beverage retailer's permit or a retail dealer's on-premise license the permittee or licensee may file an application for a change of permit or license under Subsection (a). The applicant must make the application on a form provided by the commission and the application must be accompanied by the appropriate fee for the permit or license sought.
(c) The commission shall consider an application under this section in the same manner and according to the same criteria as it would consider a renewal application of the license or permit held by the permittee or licensee. Procedures applicable to an application for an original license or permit do not apply. The commission shall issue a new license or permit to an applicant if the commission determines the applicant is eligible to hold the license or permit sought. The license or permit takes effect on the expiration of the old license or, if requested in the application, on approval. The former license is canceled on the effective date of the new license. The licensee or permittee is not entitled to a refund for the unexpired portion of a canceled license or permit.
(b) Any time before the expiration of a wine and malt beverage retailer's permit or a retail dealer's on-premise license the permittee or licensee may file an application for a change of permit or license under Subsection (a). The applicant must make the application on a form provided by the commission and the application must be accompanied by the appropriate fee for the permit or license sought.
(c) The commission shall consider an application under this section in the same manner and according to the same criteria as it would consider a renewal application of the license or permit held by the permittee or licensee. Procedures applicable to an application for an original license or permit do not apply. The commission shall issue a new license or permit to an applicant if the commission determines the applicant is eligible to hold the license or permit sought. The license or permit takes effect on the expiration of the old license or, if requested in the application, on approval. The former license is canceled on the effective date of the new license. The licensee or permittee is not entitled to a refund for the unexpired portion of a canceled license or permit.
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