Alcoholic Beverage Code § 111.004

Sec. 111.004. RECORDS. (a) A permitted restaurant that purchases wine under this chapter shall maintain a record of each purchase. A permitted restaurant shall maintain the record until the second anniversary of the date the restaurant sells the wine to an ultimate consumer. (b) The record, at a minimum, must include: (1) the name, address, and phone number of the wine collection seller who sold the wine to the permitted restaurant; (2) a description of the wine; (3) details of the transaction between the wine collection seller and the permitted restaurant, including the brand name and quantity of containers purchased by the permitted restaurant; (4) the date of the purchase; and (5) any documents that support the provenance of the wine. (c) A permitted restaurant shall make a record of a wine purchase made under this chapter available upon request to the ultimate consumer who purchases the wine. The ultimate consumer may request the records either before or after the sale to the consumer. The permitted restaurant may redact from the record the price the restaurant paid for the wine. (d) The commission shall assess an administrative penalty in the amount of $500 against a permitted restaurant for each violation of this section. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 361 (S.B. 1932), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.