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Relating to the storage of alcoholic beverages by the holder of a passenger transportation permit, the official text

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H.B. No. 4285

AN ACT

relating to the storage of alcoholic beverages by the holder of a

passenger transportation permit.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 48.03(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(b) The holder of a passenger transportation permit issued

under this section may:

(1) sell or serve alcoholic beverages in or from any

size container on a commercial passenger airplane operated in

compliance with a valid license, permit, or certificate issued

under the authority of the United States or of this state, even

though the plane, in the course of its flight, may cross an area in

which the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited; and

(2) store alcoholic beverages in sealed containers of

any size at any airport regularly served by the permittee or a

location within five miles of any airport regularly served by the

permittee in the same county as the airport, in accordance with

rules and regulations promulgated by the commission.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________
______________________________

President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4285 was passed by the House on May

10, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 118, Nays 10, 2 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4285 was passed by the Senate on May

28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor
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