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In most of Texas, drinking alcohol in public doesn’t break any laws. But in certain places, including parts of Fort Worth, you could end up getting charged and fined.
Texas law does not specifically ban public alcohol consumption, although there are restrictions depending on the place and time of day. For a “standard-hours area,” consumption or possession ...
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Today, TABC regulates more than 54,000 licensed businesses in Texas as well as more than 100,000 out-of-state producers and distributors of alcoholic beverages. The agency collects more than $220 million per year in state excise and import taxes, as well as a further $76 million in licensing fees, surcharges, and administrative fines. [9]
A person must be at least 15-17 years of age to publicly drink an alcoholic beverage in Texas, with some exceptions. [1]Texas is one of ten states (California, Colorado, Maryland, Montana, New York, Texas, West Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming) that allow consumption by minors in the presence of consenting and supervising family members.
Powell v. Texas, 392 U.S. 514 (1968), was a United States Supreme Court case that ruled that a Texas statute criminalizing public intoxication did not violate the Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment. The 5–4 decision's plurality opinion was by Justice Thurgood Marshall.
A 22-year-old man accused of stealing alcohol was gunned down by a liquor store worker, Texas authorities say. Johnny Cabrera, of Cedar Park, died following the shooting Wednesday, May 31, at ...
Although the purchase of alcohol by persons under the age of 21 is illegal, people aged 12–20 years old consume 11% of all alcohol consumed in the US. [7] Among the 14 million adults aged 21 or older who were classified as having alcohol dependence or abuse in the past year, more than 13 million had started using alcohol before age 21. [8]