Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code - Section 108.51. Definitions
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§ 108.51. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Outdoor advertising" means any sign bearing a
word, mark, description, or other device that is used to advertise
an alcoholic beverage or the business of a person who manufactures,
sells, or distributes an alcoholic beverage if the sign is
displayed outside the walls or enclosure of a building or structure
where a license or permit is issued or if it is displayed inside a
building but within five feet of an exterior wall facing a street or
highway so that it is visible by a person of ordinary vision from
outside the building. "Outdoor advertising" does not include
advertising appearing on radio or television, in a public vehicular
conveyance for hire, on a race car while participating at a
professional racing event or at a permanent motorized racetrack
facility, on a boat participating in a racing event or a boat show,
on an aircraft, on a bicycle or on the clothing of a member of a
bicycle team participating in an organized bicycle race, or in a
newspaper, magazine, or other literary publication published
periodically. For the purpose of this definition the word "sign,"
with respect to a retailer, does not include an identifying label
affixed to a container as authorized by law or to a card or
certificate of membership in an association or organization if the
card or certificate is not larger than 80 square inches.
(2) "Billboard" means a structure directly attached to
the land, a house, or a building having one or more spaces used to
display a sign or advertisement of an alcoholic beverage or a person
engaged in the manufacture, sale, or distribution of alcoholic
beverages, whether or not the structure is artificially lighted.
"Billboard" does not include a bench or a wall or other part of a
structure used as a building, fence, screen, front, or barrier.
(3) "Electric sign" means a structure or device other
than an illuminated billboard by which artificial light produced by
electricity is used to advertise the alcoholic beverage business by
a person who manufactures, sells, or distributes alcoholic
beverages or to advertise an alcoholic beverage.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 520, ch. 194, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 500, ch. 231, § 1, eff. Aug.
27, 1979; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 51, § 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1985;
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 268, § 1, eff. June 5, 1987; Acts 1993,
73rd Leg., ch. 934, § 87, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th
Leg., ch. 1310, § 1, eff. June 20, 1997.
Section: 108.041 108.05 108.06 108.061 108.07 108.08 108.09 108.51 108.52 108.53 108.54 108.55 108.56 108.71 108.72
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