Text of section effective until September 01, 2021

Sec. 27.13. ISSUANCE OF PERMIT. (a) The commission may issue a special three-day wine and beer permit directly to a nonprofit charitable, civic, or religious organization for the temporary serving of wine and beer at a picnic, celebration, or similar event sponsored by the organization.

(b) The commission by rule may limit the number of special three-day wine and beer permits issued in each calendar year to a single nonprofit charitable, civic, or religious organization for events sponsored by that organization.

(c) If a special three-day wine and beer permit is issued for a premises in an area in which the sale of beer for on-premise consumption has been authorized by a local option election, but the sale of wine for on-premise consumption has not been authorized, then the permittee is only authorized to sell beer.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 934, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.