Commission's power to issue liquor transport license.
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(1)
(a) A person who is not a retail licensee shall obtain a liquor transport license issued by the commission in accordance with this chapter before the person may:
(i) pickup liquor on behalf of a retail licensee and deliver the liquor to a retail licensee or a central receiving and distribution center; or
(ii) if the person is a central receiving and distribution center:
(A) pickup liquor on behalf of an airport licensee and deliver the liquor to the central receiving and distribution center's premises; or
(B) receive, screen, store, or deliver alcoholic product as part of the central receiving and distribution center's operations.
(b) A violation of Subsection (1)(a) is a class A misdemeanor.
(2) The commission may issue a liquor transport license for:
(a) the pickup of liquor on behalf of a retail licensee and the delivery of the liquor to the retail licensee or a central receiving and distribution center; or
(b) the receipt, screening, storage, and distribution of alcoholic product by a central receiving and distribution center.
(3) In accordance with this chapter, a liquor transport license entitles the holder to:
(a)
(i) pickup liquor from a package agency or state store on behalf of a retail licensee using the retail licensee's funds; and
(ii) transport and deliver the liquor directly to:
(A) the retail licensee; or
(B) if the retail licensee is an airport licensee, a central receiving and distribution center; or
(b) if the holder is a central receiving and distribution center:
(i)
(A) pickup liquor from a package agency or state store on behalf of an airport licensee using the airport licensee's funds; and
(B) transport the liquor directly to the central receiving and distribution center's premises for screening, storage, and delivery to the airport licensee;
(ii) receive at the central receiving and distribution center's premises:
(A) liquor purchased by or on behalf of an airport licensee and delivered to the central receiving and distribution center by the airport licensee or a liquor transport licensee; or
(B) beer delivered to the central receiving and distribution center for an airport licensee by a beer wholesaler licensee or a small brewer;
(iii) screen and store alcoholic product picked up or received by the central receiving and distribution center; and
(iv) transport and deliver the alcoholic product to the airport licensee.
(4) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a retail licensee from picking up liquor purchased by the retail licensee and transporting the liquor to the retail licensee's licensed premises in accordance with the other provisions of this title.