Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 22.15 - Conducting Separate Businesses As A Common Operation

• Cite as: Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 22.15

(a) No package store permittee, except for permittees wholly owned by the same persons, may conduct business in a manner so as to directly or indirectly coordinate operations with another package store as if they shared common ownership. For purposes of this section, "coordinate operations as if they shared common ownership" includes engaging in any of the following practices:

(1) cooperatively setting prices or credit policies or allowing any third party to do so on their behalf;

(2) sharing advertising;

(3) utilizing the same trade name, trademark, or slogan as another package store in the same county;

(4) sharing or utilizing the same bookkeeping or computer-processing service, unless the bookkeeping or computer-processing service is in the business of providing such services to the general public;

(5) transferring funds, merchandise, or equipment from one package store business to another;

(6) utilizing the same person as an employee or independent contractor for two or more package store businesses in any capacity, unless, in the case of an independent contractor, the independent contractor is in the business of providing similar services to the general public; and