Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 62.15 – Importing Malt Beverages
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(a) In this subtitle, “importer” means a person who imports malt beverages into the state in quantities in excess of 288 fluid ounces in any one day.
(b) The holder of a brewer‘s license may import malt beverages into this state only from the holder of a nonresident brewer’s license and may transport those beverages into this state only:
(1) in a motor vehicle that is:
(A) owned or leased in good faith by the license holder; and
(B) printed or painted with the designation required by the commission; or
(2) by a railway carrier or by a motor carrier registered under Chapter 643, Transportation Code, or with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Terms Used In Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 62.15
- Brewer: means a person engaged in the brewing of malt beverages, whether located inside or outside the state. See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 1.04
- Commission: means the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 1.04
- Liquor: means any alcoholic beverage, other than a malt beverage, containing alcohol in excess of five percent by volume, unless otherwise indicated. See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 1.04
- Person: means a natural person or association of natural persons, trustee, receiver, partnership, corporation, organization, or the manager, agent, servant, or employee of any of them. See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 1.04
(c) The holder of a brewer’s license transporting malt beverages under Subsection (b)(1) shall provide to the commission:
(1) a full description of each motor vehicle used by the license holder for transporting malt beverages; and
(2) any other information the commission requires.
(d) A carrier transporting malt beverages as authorized by Subsection (b)(2) must hold a carrier permit issued under Chapter 41 and the provisions of Chapter 41 relating to the transportation of liquor apply to the transportation of the malt beverages. A carrier may not transport malt beverages into the state unless it is consigned to an importer.