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  89R13626 SCF-F     By: Guillen H.B. No. 5205       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the issuance of certain package store permits and the   transfer of package store permits to another location.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 11.08, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 11.08.  CHANGE OF LOCATION. If a permittee , other than   a package store permittee, desires to change the location of the   permittee's [ his ] place of business, the permittee [ he ] may file an   application for a change of location with the commission.  The   application shall be on a form prescribed by the commission.  The   commission or administrator may deny the application on any ground   for which an original application may be denied.  The application is   subject to protest and hearing in the same manner as an original   application for a permit.          SECTION 2.  Section 22.041(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The commission may issue an original package store   permit to a person for an existing package store business if:                (1)  the person acquired by purchase or otherwise the   existing package store business; [ and ]                (2)  the existing package store business has been   operating in the same location [ county ] for more than one year   before the date the person acquired the package store business ; and                 (3)     the permit is for the same location as the existing   package store business .          SECTION 3.  Section 22.05, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 22.05.  TRANSFER OF PERMITS PROHIBITED .  The holder of a   package store permit may not transfer the permit to another   location [ county ].          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.