ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE

CHAPTER 49. MARKET RESEARCH PACKAGERS PERMIT


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


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

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


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