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Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 101.31

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN DRY AREAS

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Chase, Ryan Francis (2014)

Most recently applied in Oliva v. State (May 2018)

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 493, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this code, no person in a dry area may manufacture, distill, brew, sell, import into the state, export from the state, transport, distribute, warehouse, store, solicit or take orders for, or possess with intent to sell an alcoholic beverage.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this section that the person has previously been convicted two or more times of an offense under this section, the offense is a state jail felony.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.