{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-102.78","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 102.78","heading":"RIGHT OF FREE ASSOCIATION.","body":"A brewer or distributor may not restrict or inhibit, directly or indirectly, the right of free association among brewers or distributors for any lawful purpose.\nAdded by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 60, ch. 26, Sec. 1, eff. April 8, 1981.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 316, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE","TITLE 4. REGULATORY AND PENAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 102. INTRA-INDUSTRY RELATIONSHIPS","SUBCHAPTER D. MALT BEVERAGE INDUSTRY FAIR DEALING LAW"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AL/htm/AL.102.htm#102.78","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:52Z","sha256":"236a03477e06eff4930ee8a1b87f6c03018670dd3fb550ec7c31b60609c95365","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-102.77","next":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-102.79"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}