{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-61.31","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 61.31","heading":"APPLICATION FOR LICENSE.","body":"(a) A person may file an application for a license to manufacture, distribute, store, or sell malt beverages with the commission on forms prescribed by the commission.\n(b) On receipt of an application for a license under this code, the commission shall follow the procedure under Section 11.43.\n(c) Each applicant for an original license shall pay the license fee authorized by commission rule.\n(d) A person may not sell malt beverages during the pendency of the person's original license application. An official may not advise a person to the contrary.\nActs 1977, 65th Leg., p. 462, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1347, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 763 (S.B. 1035), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 171(a), eff. December 31, 2020.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 171(b), eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE","TITLE 3. LICENSES AND PERMITS","SUBTITLE B. LICENSES","CHAPTER 61. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO LICENSES","SUBCHAPTER B. APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE OF LICENSES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AL/htm/AL.61.htm#61.31","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:52Z","sha256":"e3033b36f8f44891f212457c7bc117b8778b1e23daf1ceeb257844c11e7ff2d1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-61.16","next":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-61.313"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}