- (a) No person may sell or offer for sale mixed beverages at any time not permitted by this section.
- (b) A mixed beverage permittee may sell and offer for sale mixed beverages between 7 a.m. and midnight on any day except Sunday. On Sunday he may sell mixed beverages between midnight and 1:00 a.m. and between 10 a.m. and midnight, except that an alcoholic beverage served to a customer between 10 a.m. and 12 noon on Sunday must be provided during the service of food to the customer.
- (c) In a city or county having a population of 500,000 or more, according to the last preceding federal census, a holder of a mixed beverage late hours permit may also sell and offer for sale mixed beverages between midnight and 2 a.m. on any day.
(d) In a city or county having a population of less than 500,000, according to the last preceding federal census, the extended hours prescribed in Subsection (c) of this section are effective for the sale of mixed beverages and the offer to sell them by a holder of a mixed beverages late hours permit:
- (1) in the unincorporated areas of the county if the extended hours are adopted by an order of the commissioners court; and
- (2) in an incorporated city or town if the extended hours are adopted by an ordinance of the governing body of the city or town.
- (e) A violation of a city ordinance or order of a commissioners court adopted pursuant to Subsection (d) of this section is a violation of this code.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 511, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 923, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 934, Sec. 70, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 685, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.