Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code

§ 22.15 — CONDUCTING SEPARATE BUSINESSES AS A COMMON OPERATION

AL § 22.15Title 3. LICENSES AND PERMITS · Part A. PERMITS · Ch. 22. PACKAGE STORE PERMIT

Statute text

(a)No package store permittee, except for permittees wholly owned by the same persons, may conduct business in a manner so as to directly or indirectly coordinate operations with another package store as if they shared common ownership. For purposes of this section, "coordinate operations as if they shared common ownership" includes engaging in any of the following practices:

(1)cooperatively setting prices or credit policies or allowing any third party to do so on their behalf;

(2)sharing advertising;

(3)utilizing the same trade name, trademark, or slogan as another package store in the same county;

(4)sharing or utilizing the same bookkeeping or computer-processing service, unless the bookkeeping or computer-processing service is in the business of providing such services to the general public;

(5)transferring funds, merchandise, or equipment from one package store business to another;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.