Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 37.07 – Prohibited Activities
Terms Used In Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 37.07
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- 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
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- 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
- Permittee: means a person who is the holder of a permit provided for in this code, or an agent, servant, or employee of that person. 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
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
No holder of a nonresident seller’s permit, nor any officer, director, agent, or employee of the holder, nor any affiliate of the holder, regardless of whether the affiliation is corporate or by management, direction, or control, may do any of the following:
(1) hold or have an interest in the permit, business, assets, or corporate stock of a person authorized to import liquor into this state for the purpose of resale unless the interest was acquired on or before January 1, 1941, or unless the permittee is a Texas corporation holding a manufacturer’s license and a brewer‘s permit issued before April 1, 1971;
(2) fail to make or file a report with the commission as required by a rule of the commission;
(3) sell liquor for resale inside this state that fails to meet the standards of quality, purity, and identity prescribed by the commission;
(4) advertise any liquor contrary to the laws of this state or to the rules of the commission, or sell liquor for resale in this state in violation of advertising or labeling rules of the commission;
(5) sell liquor for resale inside this state or cause it to be brought into the state in a size of container prohibited by this code or by rule of the commission;
(6) solicit or take orders for liquor from a person not authorized to import liquor into this state for the purpose of resale;
(7) induce, persuade, or influence, or attempt to induce, persuade, or influence, a person to violate this code or a rule of the commission, or conspire with a person to violate this code or a rule of the commission; or
(8) exercise a privilege granted by a nonresident seller’s permit while an order or suspension against the permit is in effect.