Tex. Alcoh. Bev. Code Section 102.31
Cash Payment Required


(a)

This section applies to:

(1)

the sale of malt beverages or malt beverage containers or the original packages in which malt beverages are received, packaged, or contained by a distributor’s licensee to a retail dealer’s on-premise or off-premise licensee, a wine and malt beverage retailer’s permittee, or a wine and malt beverage retailer’s off-premise permittee; and

(2)

the sale of malt beverages by a local distributor’s permittee, or by any licensee authorized to sell those beverages for resale, to a mixed beverage permittee.

(b)

No person directly or indirectly, or through a subsidiary, affiliate, agent, employee, officer, director, or firm member, may make a sale covered by this section except for cash on or before delivery to the purchaser.

(c)

A person who engages in a subterfuge by which credit is extended to the purchaser violates this code. Acceptance of a postdated check is not a cash sale, but a valid check or draft payable on demand may be accepted as cash. If a check or draft is accepted in payment, it must be deposited in the bank for payment or presented for payment within two days after it is received. If the check or draft is dishonored by the drawee, the licensee or permittee who accepted it shall report that fact to the commission within two days after receiving notice of dishonor. The report shall be on a form prescribed by the commission and shall contain any information the commission requires.

(d)

Sundays and legal holidays are not counted in determining time periods under this section.

(e)

The commission may promulgate rules to give effect to this section.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 502, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 55, ch. 33, Sec. 8, eff. Aug. 27, 1979.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 298, eff. September 1, 2021.

Source: Section 102.31 — Cash Payment Required, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/AL/htm/AL.­102.­htm#102.­31 (accessed Apr. 13, 2024).

102.01
Tied House Prohibited
102.02
Providing Samples
102.03
Persons Barred from Interest in Premises of Retail Liquor Outlet
102.04
Persons Barred from Interest in Mixed Beverage Business
102.05
Hotel: Multiple Interests Authorized
102.06
Relationship Between Agent and Package Store
102.07
Prohibited Dealings with Retailer or Consumer
102.08
Wholesaler: Liquor Manufactured by Affiliate
102.09
Wholesaler: Interest in Distiller and Rectifier
102.10
Distiller and Rectifier: Interest in Wholesaler
102.11
Brewer or Distributor: Prohibited Interests
102.12
Commercial Bribery by Brewer or Distributor
102.13
Exclusive Outlet Agreement as to Brewery Products
102.14
Brewer or Distributor: Furnishing Equipment or Fixtures
102.15
Brewer or Distributor: Prohibited Dealings with Retailer
102.16
Unlawful Agreements
102.17
Contract for Sale of Liquor
102.18
Brewer: Prohibited Interests
102.19
Promotional Gift Wine
102.20
Restocking and Rotation of Alcoholic Beverages Authorized
102.21
Continuity of Certain Protections for Malt Beverage Distributors
102.22
Verification of Use of Facilities
102.31
Cash Payment Required
102.32
Sale of Liquor: Credit Restrictions
102.51
Setting of Territorial Limits
102.52
Rights of Distributors
102.53
Rights of Retailers
102.54
Additional Requirements for Applicants for Distributor’s License
102.55
Territorial Assignments
102.56
Application of Territorial Limits to Certain Permit Holders
102.071
Sale of Glassware and Nonalcoholic Beverages
102.71
Definitions
102.72
Purposes
102.73
Termination and Notice of Cancellation
102.74
Cancellation
102.75
Prohibited Conduct
102.76
Transfer of Business Assets or Stock
102.77
Reasonable Compensation
102.78
Right of Free Association
102.79
Judicial Remedies
102.80
Coverage and Effective Date
102.81
Malt Beverages
102.82
Statute of Limitations

Accessed:
Apr. 13, 2024

§ 102.31’s source at texas​.gov