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Texas law on when beer, wine and liquor can be bought on Sunday has changed in the past year, but liquor stores are still shuttered on holidays.
Voter approval is required (at the appropriate county-wide, precinct-wide, or city-wide region) to approve such sales. Separate votes are required for 1) "on-premise" (sales at a restaurant or bar for consumption at that location) beer and wine sales, 2) "off-premise" (sales for consumption elsewhere, such as at home) beer and wine sales, 3) on-premise liquor sales, and 4) off-premise liquor ...
In Texas, alcoholic beverage sales are distinguished (and thus blue laws vary) in two different ways: The first way is by type of alcohol sold. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code defines "liquor" as any beverage containing more than four percent alcohol by weight, and liquor sales are more restrictive than "beer and wine" sales.
Texas law prohibits off-premises sale of liquor (but not beer and wine) all day on Sunday, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. Off-premises sale of beer and wine on Sunday is only allowed from 10:01 am onward. Texas law also prohibits the sale of alcohol in any "sexually oriented business" in a dry county. Strip clubs in these ...
Originally, Texas placed “blue laws” on 42 items in 1961, banning the sale of certain products on consecutive weekend days such as pots, pans, cars, washing machines and liquor. The law was ...
Liquor and wine can only be bought in liquor stores. But no establishment can serve or sell any alcohol between 4:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on Sunday mornings. As marijuana becomes more widely ...
Blue laws (also known as Sunday laws, Sunday trade laws, and Sunday closing laws) are laws restricting or banning certain activities on specified days, usually Sundays in the western world. The laws were adopted originally for religious reasons, specifically to promote the observance of the Christian day of worship .
In most of Texas, drinking alcohol in public doesn’t break any laws. But in certain places, including parts of Fort Worth, you could end up getting charged and fined.