It shall be unlawful for any person to alter, mutilate, destroy, obliterate, or remove any mark, brand, or label on distilled spirits held for sale in this state except:

1. (1) as authorized by Texas law;
2. (2) that the administrator may, on written application, permit additional labeling or relabeling of bottled distilled spirits with labels covered by certificates of label approval which comply with the requirements of this subchapter and with state law; and
3. (3) application for permission to relabel shall be accompanied by two complete sets of the old labels and two complete sets of any proposed labels together with a statement of the reasons for relabeling the quantity and the location of the distilled spirits, the name, address, and permit number of the person by whom they will be relabeled.

Source Note:The provisions of this §45.7 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976.