Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 61.43
This is the official text of Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 61.43, part of Texas’s Alcoholic Beverage Code — regulates the sale and distribution of alcohol.
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§ 61.43.
Official statutory text
Sec. 61.43. DISCRETIONARY GROUNDS FOR DENIAL: DISTRIBUTOR OR RETAILER. The commission may deny an application for a license as a distributor or retailer if the commission has reasonable grounds to believe and finds that:
(1) the applicant has been finally convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction for the violation of a provision of this code during the two years immediately preceding the filing of an application;
(2) five years has not elapsed since the termination, by pardon or otherwise, of a sentence imposed for conviction of a felony;
(3) the applicant has violated or caused to be violated a provision of this code or a rule or regulation of the commission, for which a suspension was not imposed, during the 12-month period immediately preceding the filing of an application;
(4) the applicant failed to answer or falsely or incorrectly answered a question in an original or renewal application;
(5) the applicant for a retail dealer's license does not have an adequate building available at the address for which the license is sought before conducting any activity authorized by the license;
(6) the applicant or a person with whom the applicant is residentially domiciled had an interest in a license or permit which was cancelled or revoked within the 12-month period immediately preceding the filing of an application;
(7) the applicant failed or refused to furnish a true copy of the application to the commission's district office in the district in which the premises sought to be licensed are located;
(8) the applicant for a retail dealer's license will conduct business in a manner contrary to law or in a place or manner conducive to a violation of the law; or
(9) the place, building, or premises for which the license is sought was used for selling alcoholic beverages in violation of the law at any time during the six months immediately preceding the filing of the application or was used, operated, or frequented during that time for a purpose or in a manner which was lewd, immoral, offensive to public decency, or contrary to this code.
(1) the applicant has been finally convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction for the violation of a provision of this code during the two years immediately preceding the filing of an application;
(2) five years has not elapsed since the termination, by pardon or otherwise, of a sentence imposed for conviction of a felony;
(3) the applicant has violated or caused to be violated a provision of this code or a rule or regulation of the commission, for which a suspension was not imposed, during the 12-month period immediately preceding the filing of an application;
(4) the applicant failed to answer or falsely or incorrectly answered a question in an original or renewal application;
(5) the applicant for a retail dealer's license does not have an adequate building available at the address for which the license is sought before conducting any activity authorized by the license;
(6) the applicant or a person with whom the applicant is residentially domiciled had an interest in a license or permit which was cancelled or revoked within the 12-month period immediately preceding the filing of an application;
(7) the applicant failed or refused to furnish a true copy of the application to the commission's district office in the district in which the premises sought to be licensed are located;
(8) the applicant for a retail dealer's license will conduct business in a manner contrary to law or in a place or manner conducive to a violation of the law; or
(9) the place, building, or premises for which the license is sought was used for selling alcoholic beverages in violation of the law at any time during the six months immediately preceding the filing of the application or was used, operated, or frequented during that time for a purpose or in a manner which was lewd, immoral, offensive to public decency, or contrary to this code.
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