{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-51.03","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 51.03","heading":"LIMITED ACCESS TO MINIBAR.","body":"(a) Minibars shall be of such design as to prevent access to alcoholic beverages to all persons who do not have a minibar key. The minibar key shall be different from the hotel guestroom key, and the mixed beverage permittee may not provide the minibar key to any person who is not of legal drinking age.\n(b) A mixed beverage permittee may not provide a minibar key to any person other than an employee of the permittee or a registered guest of the hotel.\nAdded by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 692, Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 153, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE","TITLE 3. LICENSES AND PERMITS","SUBTITLE A. PERMITS Text of chapter effective on September 1, 2021","CHAPTER 51. OPERATION OF MINIBARS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AL/htm/AL.51.htm#51.03","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:52Z","sha256":"c19d23450c48d65d741a2811d9385d312eb5ce8f1ddd77e17dbc90ab7e975ccc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-51.02","next":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-51.04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}