Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 61.41
This is the official text of Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 61.41, part of Texas’s Alcoholic Beverage Code — regulates the sale and distribution of alcohol.
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§ 61.41. SECOND LICENSE AT SAME LOCATION; EFFECT ON EXISTING LICENSE.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), no license may be issued for a premises, location, or place of business for which a license is in effect unless the holder of the existing license has shown to the satisfaction of the commission that the license holder will no longer exercise any privilege granted by the existing license at that location.
(b) If the holder of the existing license desires to transfer the license to another location, the license holder may apply for a transfer of location in accordance with this code.
(c) If the holder of the existing license has made a declaration required by the commission that the license holder will no longer use the license, the license holder may not brew or sell malt beverages or possess malt beverages for the purpose of sale until the license has been reinstated. The holder may apply to the commission for the reinstatement of the license in the same manner and according to the same procedure as in the case of an original license application. The commission may deny reinstatement of the license for any cause for which an original license application may be denied.
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) and Sections 11.49 and 109.53, more than one brewer's or nonresident brewer's license may be issued for a single premises if the license holder for the premises has contracted with an entity under an alternating brewery proprietorship or contract brewing arrangement.
(b) If the holder of the existing license desires to transfer the license to another location, the license holder may apply for a transfer of location in accordance with this code.
(c) If the holder of the existing license has made a declaration required by the commission that the license holder will no longer use the license, the license holder may not brew or sell malt beverages or possess malt beverages for the purpose of sale until the license has been reinstated. The holder may apply to the commission for the reinstatement of the license in the same manner and according to the same procedure as in the case of an original license application. The commission may deny reinstatement of the license for any cause for which an original license application may be denied.
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) and Sections 11.49 and 109.53, more than one brewer's or nonresident brewer's license may be issued for a single premises if the license holder for the premises has contracted with an entity under an alternating brewery proprietorship or contract brewing arrangement.
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