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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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