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johnson0317 wrote:

Keith B wrote:Actually, minors can drink in Texas if the are with their parent, adult legal guardian or adult spouse.

I hate it when I say something clearly, and then my kids ask if I am serious...but are you serious? I could take my 16 year old, or my 11 year old into a bar and buy them a whiskey sour?

RJ

From the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code:

Sec. 106.06. PURCHASE OF ALCOHOL FOR A MINOR; FURNISHING ALCOHOL TO A MINOR
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (b) of this section, a person commits an offense if he purchases an alcoholic beverage for or gives or with criminal negligence makes available an alcoholic beverage to a minor.
(b) A person may purchase an alcoholic beverage for or give an alcoholic beverage to a minor if he is the minor's adult parent, guardian, or spouse, or an adult in whose custody the minor has been committed by a court, and he is visibly present when the minor possesses or consumes the alcoholic beverage.

and

Sec.106.04. CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL BY A MINOR
(a) A minor commits an offense if he consumes an alcoholic beverage.
(b) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the alcoholic beverage was consumed in the visible presence of the minor's adult parent, guardian, or spouse.

I presume the intent was directed more at wine for religious & cultural ceremonies than tequila shots during Spring Break.

G.A. Heath wrote:It has to be 51% as determined by the TABC in order to be off limits. You can have multiple businesses in one premises where the one selling the adult beverages is 51% but another business is not 51% like a bowling alley. The entire premises can be off limits due to 51% but the primary business may not sell anything at all to drink, not even water.

That is key. I personally know a licensed premise that TABC determined is 51% but I don't believe the determination - and neither does the owner, FWIW.

woofe wrote:A 51% establishment cannot allow folks under 18 on the premises.

Are you sure about that?

Then it should be no trouble to cite the relevant statute.