Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 38.01
This is the official text of Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 38.01, part of Texas’s Alcoholic Beverage Code — regulates the sale and distribution of alcohol.
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§ 38.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section, "industrial alcohol" means an alcohol that is produced for industrial purposes only and is not fit for human consumption.
(b) A person may:
(1) manufacture, rectify, refine, transport, and store industrial alcohol;
(2) denature industrial alcohol;
(3) sell denatured or industrial alcohol to qualified persons inside or outside the state; and
(4) blend industrial alcohol with petroleum distillates and sell or use the resulting product as a motor fuel.
(c) A person may import, transport, and use alcohol or denatured alcohol for the manufacture and sale of any of the following products:
(1) denatured alcohol;
(2) patent, proprietary, medicinal, pharmaceutical, antiseptic, and toilet preparations;
(3) flavoring extracts, syrups, condiments, and food products; and
(4) scientific, chemical, mechanical, and industrial products, or products used for scientific, chemical, mechanical, industrial, or medicinal purposes.
(b) A person may:
(1) manufacture, rectify, refine, transport, and store industrial alcohol;
(2) denature industrial alcohol;
(3) sell denatured or industrial alcohol to qualified persons inside or outside the state; and
(4) blend industrial alcohol with petroleum distillates and sell or use the resulting product as a motor fuel.
(c) A person may import, transport, and use alcohol or denatured alcohol for the manufacture and sale of any of the following products:
(1) denatured alcohol;
(2) patent, proprietary, medicinal, pharmaceutical, antiseptic, and toilet preparations;
(3) flavoring extracts, syrups, condiments, and food products; and
(4) scientific, chemical, mechanical, and industrial products, or products used for scientific, chemical, mechanical, industrial, or medicinal purposes.
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