{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-25.09","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 25.09","heading":"POSSESSION OF CERTAIN BEVERAGES PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) Except as provided by this section, a wine and malt beverage retailer's permittee or an officer of the permittee may not possess distilled spirits or liquor containing alcohol in excess of 17 percent by volume on the licensed premises.\n(b) The commission by rule may allow a wine and malt beverage retailer's permittee or the permittee's officer to possess and use alcoholic beverages in excess of 17 percent by volume on the licensed premises for cooking purposes.\nActs 1977, 65th Leg., p. 427, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 418, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 441 (H.B. 2237), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 106, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE","TITLE 3. LICENSES AND PERMITS","SUBTITLE A. PERMITS","CHAPTER 25. WINE AND MALT BEVERAGE RETAILER'S PERMIT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AL/htm/AL.25.htm#25.09","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:52Z","sha256":"f7f32d245d309283c3ef373a9ae48a85c296a4adb3fc6fe2a1ae0a91e4a8b4c9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-25.06","next":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-25.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}