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Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 203.09

This is the official text of Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 203.09, part of Texas’s Alcoholic Beverage Code — regulates the sale and distribution of alcohol.

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§ 203.09. STATEMENTS.

Official statutory text

(a) The commission may require brewers of malt beverages brewed in this state or imported into this state, importers, and distributors to provide information as to purchases, sales, and shipments to enable the commission to collect the full amount of the malt beverages tax due. No brewer, importer, or distributor may fail or refuse to furnish the information.

(b) The commission may seize or withhold from sale the manufacturer's, importer's, or distributor's malt beverages for failure or refusal to supply the information required under Subsection (a) or to permit the commission to make an investigation of pertinent records whether inside or outside this state.

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