88R1105 MCK-D     By: Jetton H.B. No. 1670       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)  [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 between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. on   any day except:                (1)  [Sunday;                [(2)]  Christmas Day; or                (2) [(3)]  a day on which a package store permittee is   prohibited from selling liquor.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.