2009 Texas Code
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE
TITLE 3. LICENSES AND PERMITS
CHAPTER 49. MARKET RESEARCH PACKAGER'S PERMIT  

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.