{"id":"AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-018","kind":"context","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Texas (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-ALCOHOL","eco":"","issuer":"Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (announcing the Governor\u0027s statutory waiver)","authority":"Governor\u0027s waiver implemented and conditioned by TABC","instrument":"TABC News Release, Restaurants and Certain Bars Can Now Mix Drinks On Premise and Sell To Go","title":"Restaurants and Certain Bars Can Now Mix Drinks On Premise and Sell To Go","dateIssued":"2020-06-27","effective":"2020-06-27","end":"Made permanent by HB 1024 (May 12, 2021) (Ex. TX-033)","startDate":"2020-06-27","endDate":"2021-05-12","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["ALC","CLOSE","OTHER"],"addressees":["Mixed Beverage Permit holders with permanent food service"],"clause":"Following an executive order from Gov. Greg Abbott limiting on-premise alcohol sales during the COVID-19 pandemic... a new statutory waiver approved by the governor today allows restaurants and certain bars with a Mixed Beverage Permit to sell mixed drinks to go and for delivery.... To qualify..., a business must hold a Mixed Beverage Permit and have permanent food service capabilities on the premise. Alcohol orders must also be accompanied by a food order","enforcement":"Open-container law (Tex. Penal Code § 49.031) recited; TABC agents \u0027continue their efforts to ensure businesses are complying with the governor\u0027s executive orders, including those limiting on-premise alcohol service\u0027","functions":["BA","TO","CB"],"notes":"Issued the day after GA-28 closed bars (51 percent establishments) statewide.","sourceUrl":"https://www.tabc.texas.gov/news/news-releases/restaurants-certain-bars-can-now-mix-drinks-on-premise-sell-to-go-2020/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":95437,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-ALCOHOL","url":"/library/AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-018","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-018","citation":"Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (announcing the Governor\u0027s statutory waiver), TABC News Release, Restaurants and Certain Bars Can Now Mix Drinks On Premise and Sell To Go (June 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-018)","stateName":"Texas","related":["TX-033"]}