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TABC Industry Notice, Qualifying as a Restaurant Under GA-28

Industry Notice to Businesses That Sell Directly to Consumers: Qualifying as a Restaurant Under GA-28

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission · Texas (State alcoholic-beverage regulator) (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Texas (State alcoholic-beverage regulator) · Texas
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Agency guidance implementing GA-28's 51 percent test and the emergency FB-certificate rule
Issued
2020-08-25 Aug. 25, 2020
Effective
2020-08-25
End
GA-32 (October 7, 2020) allowed bars to reopen in opted-in counties; GA-34 (March 2, 2021, effective March 10, 2021) ended the operating limits (read as 2020-10-07)
In force
Aug. 25, 2020 to Oct. 7, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Business closureCapacity limitAlcohol and bars
Addressees
  • bars and on-premises retailers whose alcohol receipts are 51 percent or more of gross receipts
Functions reached
  • BA (bars closed unless requalified as restaurants)
  • DR
  • CB
Character
context
Collection
State alcoholic-beverage regulators AGY-ST-ALCOHOL

Operative words

The following information does not allow a business to circumvent the requirements in Executive Order GA-28 or any subsequent executive order. Any establishment that is opened as a restaurant must follow the checklist from the Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas.

Enforcement

GA-28 enforcement (Tex. Gov't Code § 418.173) and TABC permit suspension

Notes

Bars could reopen only by changing their business (51 percent affidavit or FB certificate) to qualify as restaurants at 50 percent capacity.

Retrieval note

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