Text of section effective on September 01, 2021

Sec. 62.08. WAREHOUSES; DELIVERY TRUCKS. (a) The holder of a brewer's or distributor's license may maintain or engage necessary warehouses for storage purposes in areas where the sale of malt beverages is lawful and may make deliveries from the warehouses without obtaining licenses for them. The licensee may not import malt beverages from outside the state directly or indirectly to an unlicensed warehouse.

(b) A warehouse or railway car in which malt beverages are served, orders for the sale of malt beverages are taken, or money from the sale of malt beverages is collected is a separate place of business for which a license is required.

(c) A truck operated by a licensed distributor for the sale and delivery of malt beverages to a licensed retail dealer at the dealer's place of business is not a separate place of business for which a license is required.

(d) The commission shall promulgate rules governing the transportation of malt beverages, the sale of which is to be consummated at a licensed retailer's place of business.

(e) The holder of a brewer's or distributor's license shall register with the commission each warehouse used by the brewer or distributor to store malt beverages. The commission by rule shall determine the information that is required to register a warehouse under this subsection.

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 476, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 53, ch. 33, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 27, 1979.

Amended by:

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 214(a), eff. September 1, 2019.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 214(b), eff. September 1, 2021.