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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AIJS’I’IN

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Honorable Bert Ford

Addnlstrator, Texa6 Liquor Control B&d

Austin, Texan

Dear Sir I

to one or more the same omsrshl~ or whloh no type of or&t has beenprerlded 6 Liquor Contiol Aet? ion or thir aepartment on the above stat ting of the QWbeX8 of th,r war brought at lstaae tion No. llB-1 attaohrd ir whether the owner or revoral

irilegea tratwpoxt uquor 0s a premlaer aesignnt8.4 au a plaoe or pueksgs f&ore In the *ain, ion referret% to a8 adopted by the Board wa8 preaieatetl ugan the aimm~tlon & llquor was reetrloted to carrier8 or persons ror whicah a permit hail been provided by the Texas Liquor Control Aot. ssotlan & (a), Artlole I, of the Act as tollowe;, provide8

-‘It shall be unlawfpl ror any psraon manufeotum, aletlll, brow, sell, posses8 ror the p\rrpoee or sale, import into this State, export from the State, transport, dimtri- bute, warehouse, store, soliolt, or take orQez8 rdC,, ox fog the purpose of sale blead, treat, fsrtfig, to bottle, BStitf, mix, or pmxwss any Uquor in any wet area without iirrt hariry;r-lpraeumd e permit,*

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*8eotion 15, Art1010 I, provlaes for the different ~p~ol~&yait8, fnaluding those alloning traasportatian

w*Carrler Permit, Private Carrier Fermit, Looal Cartags Permit.*

"Wme the transportation or liquor is rtMrlOt,ea porrons having a pormlt, it wae concluded thet the owner of a paOkage rtcrs not having the prlrllsgs or a fwanrrport obtaining errdt oould not be glrcm suoh under any r e aa regulation the xioacd. privilege ur

Tour opinion 18 requested a8 to whether the Baud doer hate the aWhoority P paokmge rtwr amer to transport liquor rr0m a 0ertsSn &or-e plaO8 to one ,una4r the 8~0 or more stbre* ownership in tehloles rim &iioh no type of transport permit has been prwldad III the Toura Liquor Control Aot.*

Rule & Reuulatlao~ 1yB. Ub-1, of the Liquor OonBrol Baard, rslatlng to the nmtt~wuuU8r aoasidsratioa, uhioh $8 titashea to your inquiry, is 80 rOmmfi;

‘In Ror faak*g4 8tore, Rerwter to Another 880x0, Requlriag Rewmbr

*(l). The ,xkmmx~ owaer or aore thaa package 6tere, w&o ha8 aesignatsa one o? hi8 pl8oe6 or burrIns a8 a plaao in transrerring liquor'to hi8 other &ore6 #hall or dorago, make and keep a permunsnt reoord of euoh transferr 8hOuing ths quantity, the sirs aontalaere,and t&s braad or liquor so tranuisrred, data, the *tore to whioh trM8rerxed and the menner in which the name was traneported, lie mhui1 ate&s and prepare an invoios la daplioate QT *aah such tmn8- ier. The invoice shall show the date, the quantity, the 8h-m of container&i Wd the brand or brande of liquor, the name and the ermit numbez of both the &&aa;O stare and the one tore ah raid liquor 16 traartarred. The dug%iOats P

of such i&M&W ,i&all be kept for a ertoa et, two years in the plaoe of storage end the origina rrhsZ1 8bOoagany the P

8hipUWnt 8t3a be dellrered to the raeefvlng s+¶%J and kept on tile at that plaoe for a period 0r at learnt Om years. The reoeiving store shall make the proper Sntry hire per- manent book reoord conoernfng all 8UOh reOeifpt@ Oi liqUnr*

*Liqa0r~ 80 traitshtrmd asp be Nmasported only by the holder of a looal 4ar$&&$4 or a oommon oarrier p4rd.t. for any paokage mtafe permlttse “It &all be unlalriul to fall or refuse to m&e 4~6 keep reoords a4 herein required. It &ml1 be unlawful ror sny okage store parmittes to trmster ox brensport 4ny 1 quor fmnn one i?

store to another ln.anl manner other than aa herein pro- tia4ul.

“It &ml1 be unlsrtul for anl paalrage rtcre ormittee, his agent, servant or employao to trmwport any I.! puor ror ths porpwe~ hereln mntiandl in I private ishlole. Rule and Rsgulat%on Vo. II-B, dated $4 tsnb4r 28, “(2,).

1937, pmW$ated by the T4mm Liquor Control Boar 18 hereby x repealed, but &aid Rule and R4gulatlon shell remin in full Snd 4ff4Ot Mtil thi4 Order 14 pUbli8hsd a8 required foroe by law. "(31. X.f say seotiion, portloa, 01~~4, par8 of thlr oraw be h4ld invalid, ths mm4 shall not affeot tany other seotlon,~portion, olauso, p4rt themor.

"It iB so oxdaed ala the U&h day 0r bugtut, A. b.

1939.

(Fubli*hsd Septeabar 1, 19394 TEXAS LIcgm WmROL BOARD"

Subm4Qion a, 940. It, Art. 66645, V.A.P.C., prwidmr! *Any peraonownlng more thaa paokagd rtoxo pvrmft may derignrte one or tha lfo4umd pmti848--= the plao4 ror starage Or liquor, and he shall ba pil‘rile~ged to traa~tex lipuor rrcrm 6u4h stord&4 his otha lioenrs& ~r45tIzr4~ rjnder such rules a8 &all .be~ presarib4Q by the board.*

we hare railed to find wy oa44 where the ap &2&e f OOUZt8 of thl4 State ha*4 oonstrusd subeeetion 8, Sact~on 8, Of the Artiale quoted abovs. However, there are m4ny T4Xas 44646 rqarding the illsgel transportation of fnt@koati.ng ~iquOra* xt is etated in erred in Webb T, Sate, 37 SbW. (24) 753, *hat in a pro8eeutloa rar traitsporting liquor, a s&wee aerbtig *&ranspDpt” as carrying anything from one glacm to another WW' oub4tant~aUy oorreot.

Boaorablm Bert Ford, page 4 The. drfinition at the word “tmmport” in aif prow- for trCtMpWt* IIHWtO to mwe or 8arr

*utiVIl llp00r from en4 looelity, to another pface, or laorllty. f BeI& mb- pl&ca* atantlally oorreot, Pruett 0. Rtato, f5 9. IV* (26) 716.) Saan of the other ~a8eB re&ayding the Illegal transportation or liquor are Darls '0. Ftate, 267 F?. l?. 513r Celn v. SCtate, 69 ~2. V. (26) 140; Kamnere v. State, 59 f?. W. (ad) 162

Mooed V. gtats, 281 S. i;'. 1052; Kmnm v. 'tata, 259 .s. \4. d 1 83) John- gm v. State, 265 ". X. 588.

By vt&ue of Submotion a, Art. 666-4, eupza, it is unlawrul for any paraon to trcnepvrt liquor without haVlB& prooured 8 permit. We fit4 no axueptlona to thfrr prwlaion regart?in& the question UfidGr Subaeeti4n tXm.SideratiOn. b, saotlvn 8, aupr4, l uthorlz6r any person hvldiug more.thaa ova pa&krr;e atom bealgnats one of the lloenaed. pramiarr aa a plaoe for atorege~oi liqvar end permit8 such pcrr8vn $0 tranefsr liquor troix such atoragls to his ,other,liooBmd prom- ises under such rules a8 shall be prosorlbed by the board. A psraon cmviug Elore than on* paokam crton pernit c@a Bat liquor rrvm one liaensrb prenisr other lieum@ truwirr predsea unless and rrntll one of such prmisrrr Ir da#ignatod es a plaoa for storage vf liquor in oamplQnae tith ,the l km rationed provisions. c0tda4ring t~m0ti0n e, W+~OB 6, end aabseation a, et. 666-4, together, it is clpparont liquor cev be legally tmn8port4d wily by 4 por44~, haying a pzalt ana #et subsootion 0, 64otlon 8, I6 do exaeption $a aub6eotlon a, Art. 666-4. %id f&Ubs8OtioB 8, mOt%OB 6 Otif authvrlxes pam&ts the owner of nore than one pa&age rton permit tom designate one ci the licensed 9remimoe a8 a #ten@ place for liquor without a atvragb psnnlt, and fttzmr permlt8 him to transfer 1Sqoor from Eiuuh storage te other 1506Web premisea, but doea not authorize him to tran&!pWt 8auh lfpu6r. Tha valy way mob liquor aen be legally tmn6 arted is by fatsme p*raon who hse obtained 8 permit under t ii liquor ao&- trol sot authorizing him to transport liquor. 'The~OfoTo, the a.bove stated question Is reegoothllg the neptln. answered

Your? very trulr