{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-102.15","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 102.15","heading":"BREWER OR DISTRIBUTOR: PROHIBITED DEALINGS WITH RETAILER.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a brewer or distributor directly or indirectly, or through a subsidiary, affiliate, agent, employee, officer, director, or firm member, may not:\n(1) furnish, give, or lend any money or other thing of value to a person engaged or about to be engaged in selling brewery products for on-premises or off-premises consumption, or give the person any money or thing of value for the person's use, benefit, or relief; or\n(2) guarantee the repayment of a loan or the fulfillment of a financial obligation of a person engaged in or about to be engaged in selling malt beverages at retail.\n(b) Subsection (a) does not prohibit a brewer or distributor from prearranging or preannouncing a promotional activity otherwise permitted by this code with a retailer about a promotional activity to be held on the retailer's premises. Notwithstanding any other provision, a brewer or distributor may:\n(1) preannounce a promotion to a consumer; or\n(2) preannounce the purchase of malt beverages to a consumer.\nActs 1977, 65th Leg., p. 502, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1190 (S.B. 1090), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2013.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 293, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE","TITLE 4. REGULATORY AND PENAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 102. INTRA-INDUSTRY RELATIONSHIPS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AL/htm/AL.102.htm#102.15","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:52Z","sha256":"b23a811c7f40cbb14805d249edc7a835d7924ff6fcc16baf6ef863837c35f7cc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-102.14","next":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-102.16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}