Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 26.05

This is the official text of Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 26.05, part of Texas’s Alcoholic Beverage Code — regulates the sale and distribution of alcohol.

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§ 26.05. WARNING SIGN REQUIRED.

Official statutory text

(a) Each holder of a wine and malt beverage retailer's off-premise permit shall display in a prominent place on the permittee's premises a sign stating in letters at least two inches high: IT IS A CRIME (MISDEMEANOR) TO CONSUME LIQUOR OR MALT BEVERAGES ON THESE PREMISES. The commission or administrator may require the holder of the permit to also display the sign in a language other than English if it can be observed or determined that a substantial portion of the expected customers speak the other language as their familiar language.

(b) A permittee who fails to comply with this section commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $25.

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