Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 32.14 – Unregistered Clubs; Prohibited Activities
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(a) No permittee, licensee, or any other person shall deliver, transport, or carry an alcoholic beverage to, into, or on the premises of any establishment, location, room, or place purporting to be a club, or holding itself out to the public or any person as a club or private club, unless the club holds a private club registration permit.
(b) No person may store, possess, mix, or serve by the drink or in broken or unsealed containers an alcoholic beverage on the premises of any establishment, location, room, or place purporting to be a club or private club unless the club holds a private club registration permit.
Terms Used In Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 32.14
- Alcoholic beverage: means alcohol, or any beverage containing more than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume, which is capable of use for beverage purposes, either alone or when diluted. See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 1.04
- Illicit beverage: means an alcoholic beverage:
(A) manufactured, distributed, bought, sold, bottled, rectified, blended, treated, fortified, mixed, processed, warehoused, stored, possessed, imported, or transported in violation of this code;
(B) on which a tax imposed by the laws of this state has not been paid and to which the tax stamp, if required, has not been affixed; or
(C) possessed, kept, stored, owned, or imported with intent to manufacture, sell, distribute, bottle, rectify, blend, treat, fortify, mix, process, warehouse, store, or transport in violation of this code. See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 1.04 - Licensee: means a person who is the holder of a license provided in this code, or any agent, servant, or employee of that person. See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 1.04
- Permittee: means a person who is the holder of a permit provided for in this code, or an agent, servant, or employee of that person. See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 1.04
- Person: means a natural person or association of natural persons, trustee, receiver, partnership, corporation, organization, or the manager, agent, servant, or employee of any of them. See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 1.04
- Premises: has the meaning given it in § 11. See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 1.04
(c) An alcoholic beverage stored or possessed on the premises of any establishment, location, room, or place purporting to be a club, or holding itself out to the public or any person as a club or private club, is declared to be an illicit beverage and subject to seizure without a warrant unless a private club registration permit has been issued for the premises, location, room, or place.