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- Jurisdiction
- Texas (State alcoholic-beverage regulator) · Texas
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Governor's suspension of Alcoholic Beverage Code limitations under Tex. Gov't Code § 418.016, implemented by TABC industry notice
- Issued
- 2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-18 (Governor's waiver announced March 18, 2020; notice dated March 19, 2020) (read as 2020-03-18)
- End
- Made permanent by House Bill 1024 (May 12, 2021) (Ex. TX-033); all temporary TABC coronavirus waivers expired by 2022 (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-017) (read as 2021-05-12)
- In force
- Mar. 18, 2020 to May 12, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureAlcohol and barsOther
- Addressees
- restaurants holding a Mixed Beverage Permit (MB)
- Functions reached
- BA bar and alcohol service (converted to off-premises)
- DR dining room (eligibility predicated on compelled end of dine-in service)
- TO takeout and delivery
- CB
- Collection
- State alcoholic-beverage regulators AGY-ST-ALCOHOL
Operative words
with the approval of the Governor's Office pursuant to Governor Abbott's March 13, 2020, disaster declaration, TABC has temporarily suspended these limitations so that restaurants that hold a Mixed Beverage Permit may conduct "to-go" alcohol sales as well as alcohol deliveries to consumers.... Eligibility...: Restaurants that: Hold a Mixed Beverage Permit (MB)..., Have permanent food service capabilities at the premises, and Have been forced to end dine-in services by a governmental entity due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Enforcement
Conditions of the waiver (food order prepared on premises; manufacturer-sealed containers; distilled spirits 375 ml or less; delivery within the county; recipient 21 and not intoxicated); violations subject to permit action under Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 11.61
Notes
The notice recites the predicate: mandated business closures and event cancellations; the to-go privilege is conditioned on the restaurant having been 'forced to end dine-in services by a governmental entity'. Wayback capture of TABC file TemporaryWaiver.pdf; the archived file is this notice.
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