{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-38.01","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 38.01","heading":"AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.","body":"(a) In this section, \"industrial alcohol\" means an alcohol that is produced for industrial purposes only and is not fit for human consumption.\n(b) A person may:\n(1) manufacture, rectify, refine, transport, and store industrial alcohol;\n(2) denature industrial alcohol;\n(3) sell denatured or industrial alcohol to qualified persons inside or outside the state; and\n(4) blend industrial alcohol with petroleum distillates and sell or use the resulting product as a motor fuel.\n(c) A person may import, transport, and use alcohol or denatured alcohol for the manufacture and sale of any of the following products:\n(1) denatured alcohol;\n(2) patent, proprietary, medicinal, pharmaceutical, antiseptic, and toilet preparations;\n(3) flavoring extracts, syrups, condiments, and food products; and\n(4) scientific, chemical, mechanical, and industrial products, or products used for scientific, chemical, mechanical, industrial, or medicinal purposes.\nActs 1977, 65th Leg., p. 449, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 144, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE","TITLE 3. LICENSES AND PERMITS","SUBTITLE A. PERMITS","CHAPTER 38. INDUSTRIAL USE OF ALCOHOL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AL/htm/AL.38.htm#38.01","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:52Z","sha256":"fde063d267fb92a94bedce3b116bb60652fb6dda5640ae019aed1ba9e9d480a6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-37.14","next":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-38.05"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}