Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 5.39 – Regulation of Liquor Containers
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Terms Used In Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 5.39
- Alcoholic beverage: means alcohol, or any beverage containing more than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume, which is capable of use for beverage purposes, either alone or when diluted. 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
- United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
The commission shall adopt rules to standardize the size of containers in which liquor may be sold in the state and relating to representations required or allowed to be displayed on or in the containers. To accommodate the alcoholic beverage industry’s conversion to the metric system, the commission shall adopt rules permitting the importation and sale of liquor in metric-sized containers as well as in containers sized according to the United States standard gallon system.