Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code
§ 107.07 — IMPORTATION FOR PERSONAL USE; IMPORTATION BY RAILROAD COMPANIES
AL § 107.07Title 4. REGULATORY AND PENAL PROVISIONS · Ch. 107. TRANSPORTATION AND IMPORTATION
Statute text
View on source(a)A person may import not more than 24 12-ounce bottles or an equivalent quantity of malt beverages, 3 gallons of wine, and 1 gallon of distilled spirits for the person's own personal use without being required to hold a permit. A person importing alcoholic beverages into the state under this subsection must pay the state tax on alcoholic beverages and an administrative fee of $3 and must affix the required tax stamps. No minor and no intoxicated person may import any alcoholic beverages into the state. A person importing alcoholic beverages under this subsection must personally accompany the alcoholic beverages as the alcoholic beverages enter the state. A person may not use the exemptions set forth in this subsection more than once every thirty days.
(b)Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 157, Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.
(c)Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 157, Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.
(d)Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 410(a)(17), eff. September 1, 2021.
(e)The administrative fees collected under this section shall be used by the commission for the administrative costs of enforcing the requirements of Subsection (a).
(f)Except as provided by Chapter 54, any person in the business of selling alcoholic beverages in another state or country who ships or causes to be shipped any alcoholic beverage directly to any Texas resident under this section is in violation of this code.
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 36 (S.B. 877), Sec. 3, eff. May 9, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 792 (S.B. 269), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 157 (H.B. 1936), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 157 (H.B. 1936), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 410(a)(17), eff. September 1, 2021.