Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 203.02
This is the official text of Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 203.02, part of Texas’s Alcoholic Beverage Code — regulates the sale and distribution of alcohol.
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§ 203.02.
Official statutory text
Sec. 203.02. "FIRST SALE". In this chapter, "first sale" means:
(1) the first actual sale of malt beverages:
(A) by the holder of a distributor's license or by the holder of a brewer's license acting under the authority of Section 62A.02, to:
(i) a permittee or licensee authorized to sell to ultimate consumers;
(ii) a local distributor permittee; or
(iii) a private club registration permittee; or
(B) by a brewpub licensee to a consumer or a permittee or licensee authorized to sell malt beverages to ultimate consumers; or
(2) the importation of malt beverages under Section 107.07.
(1) the first actual sale of malt beverages:
(A) by the holder of a distributor's license or by the holder of a brewer's license acting under the authority of Section 62A.02, to:
(i) a permittee or licensee authorized to sell to ultimate consumers;
(ii) a local distributor permittee; or
(iii) a private club registration permittee; or
(B) by a brewpub licensee to a consumer or a permittee or licensee authorized to sell malt beverages to ultimate consumers; or
(2) the importation of malt beverages under Section 107.07.
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