ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE

TITLE 3. LICENSES AND PERMITS

SUBTITLE A. PERMITS

CHAPTER 49. MARKET RESEARCH PACKAGER'S PERMIT



Sec. 49.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. (a) The holder of a market research packager's permit may:

(1) receive from a winery, distiller's, or brewer's permittee or a manufacturer's licensee in this state alcoholic beverages produced by and belonging to the permittee or licensee;

(2) receive alcoholic beverages produced by and belonging to an authorized person outside this state;

(3) place the alcoholic beverages in containers or packaging material as a service to the producer of the beverages in connection with a market research program; and

(4) return the alcoholic beverages to the licensee, permittee, or authorized person from whom they were received.

(b) The holder of a market research packager's permit may not exercise any right of title to the alcoholic beverages received, other than possession. The permittee has no lien on the beverages to secure payment for amounts due from the owner of the beverages.

(c) Since the holder of a market research packager's permit may exercise no right of title to alcoholic beverages other than possession, the provisions of Section 109.53 of this code do not apply to a market research packager's permit.

Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1985. Renumbered from Sec. 48.01 by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 5.01(a)(2), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.



Sec. 49.02. FEE. The annual state fee for a market research packager's permit is $100.

Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1985. Renumbered from Sec. 48.02 by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 5.01(a)(2), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.



Sec. 49.03. ELIGIBILITY FOR PERMIT. The commission may issue a market research packager's permit in a wet or dry area.

Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1985. Renumbered from Sec. 48.03 by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 5.01(a)(2), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.