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  89R6336 SCF-D     By: Bucy H.B. No. 2261       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the hours for the sale or delivery of certain alcoholic   beverages.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 24.07, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 24.07.  HOURS OF SALE. A holder of a wine only package   store permit may remain open and sell malt beverages, wine, and   vinous liquors, for off-premises consumption only, on any day and   during the same hours as those prescribed for the sale of malt   beverages under Section 105.05[ , except that the permittee may not   sell wine or vinous liquor containing more than 17 percent alcohol   by volume on a Sunday or after 10 p.m. on any day ].          SECTION 2.  Section 105.01, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 105.01.  HOURS OF SALE: LIQUOR. [ (a) ] Except as   provided in Sections 105.02, 105.03, 105.04, 105.08, and 105.091,   no person may sell, offer for sale, or deliver any liquor:                (1)  on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, or Christmas   Day; or                (2)   outside the hours prescribed for the sale of malt   beverages under Section 105.05  [ on Sunday; or                [ (3)  before 10 a.m. or after 9 p.m. ] on any other day.          [ (b)     When Christmas Day or New Year's Day falls on a Sunday,   Subsection (a) of this section applies to the following Monday. ]          SECTION 3.  Section 105.02, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 105.02.  HOURS OF SALE: WHOLESALERS AND LOCAL   DISTRIBUTORS TO RETAILERS. (a) A holder of a wholesaler's permit   may sell, offer for sale, or deliver liquor to a retailer anytime   except [ Sunday and ] Christmas Day.          (b)  A local distributor's permittee may sell, offer for   sale, or deliver liquor to a retailer during the hours prescribed   for the sale and delivery of malt beverages under Section 105.051     [ between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. ] on any day except[ :                [ (1)  Sunday;                [ (2)  Christmas Day; or                [ (3) ]  a day on which a package store permittee is   prohibited from selling liquor.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.