HB 5205

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
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
SECTION 2.  Section 22.041(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
(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
SECTION 3.  Section 22.05, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
Sec. 22.05.  TRANSFER OF PERMITS PROHIBITED.  The holder of a
package store permit may not transfer the permit to another
SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.