Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 26.01
This is the official text of Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 26.01, part of Texas’s Alcoholic Beverage Code — regulates the sale and distribution of alcohol.
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§ 26.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.
Official statutory text
(a) The holder of a wine and malt beverage retailer's off-premise permit may sell for off-premises consumption only, in unbroken original containers, but not for resale, wine and malt beverages containing alcohol in excess of one-half of one percent by volume but not more than 17 percent by volume.
(b) The holder of a wine and malt beverage retailer's off-premise permit may conduct free product samplings of wine and malt beverages containing alcohol in excess of one-half of one percent by volume but not more than 17 percent by volume on the permit holder's premises during regular business hours as provided by Section 26.08.
(b) The holder of a wine and malt beverage retailer's off-premise permit may conduct free product samplings of wine and malt beverages containing alcohol in excess of one-half of one percent by volume but not more than 17 percent by volume on the permit holder's premises during regular business hours as provided by Section 26.08.
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