87R6738 JAM-D     By: Pacheco H.B. No. 1551       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the sale of wine and malt beverages on Sundays.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 105.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code, as   effective September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 105.04.  HOURS OF SALE: WINE AND MALT BEVERAGE   RETAILER. The hours of sale and delivery for alcoholic beverages   sold under a wine and malt beverage retailer's permit or a wine and   malt beverage retailer's off-premise permit are the same as those   prescribed for the sale of malt beverages under Section 105.05[,   except that no sale shall be allowed between 2 a.m. and noon on   Sunday].          SECTION 2.  Section 105.05(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, as   effective September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:          (b)  A person may sell, offer for sale, or deliver malt   beverages between 7:00 [7] a.m. and midnight on any day except   Sunday. On Sunday a person may sell malt beverages between midnight   and 1:00 a.m. and between noon and midnight, except that:                (1)  permittees or licensees authorized to sell for   on-premise consumption may sell malt beverages between 10:00 a.m.   and noon if the malt beverages are served to a customer during the   service of food to the customer; and                (2)  holders of a wine and malt beverage retailer's   off-premises permit may also sell beer between 10:00 a.m. and noon.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.