(a) Except as provided by § 62.14, each applicant for a brewer‘s license shall file with an application a sworn statement that the applicant will be engaged in the business of brewing and packaging malt beverages in this state in quantities sufficient to make the applicant’s operation a bona fide brewer within three years of the issuance of the original license. If the applicant is a corporation, the statement must be signed by one of its principal officers. The commission may not approve an application unless it is accompanied by the required sworn statement.
(b) This section does not apply to the holder of a license which was in effect on January 1, 1953, that authorized the license holder to manufacture a type of malt beverage.

Terms Used In Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 62.03

  • Applicant: means a person who submits or files an original or renewal application with the commission for a license or permit. See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 1.04
  • Brewer: means a person engaged in the brewing of malt beverages, whether located inside or outside the state. See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 1.04
  • Commission: means the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 1.04
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Malt beverage: means a fermented beverage of any name or description containing one-half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume, brewed or produced from malt, in whole or in part, or from any malt substitute. See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code 1.04
  • Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with present intention to authenticate a writing. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • sworn: includes affirm or affirmed. See Texas Government Code 312.011
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