| (a) The following alcoholic beverages are not permitted
to be imported into the State of Texas for personal consumption:
(1) Any amount of alcoholic beverages in excess of
the statutory limitations of Code §107.07;
(2) Illicit beverages, as defined by Code §1.04;
(3) Any alcoholic beverage that the commission's regulatory
compliance officer determines may be injurious to public health or
not meet sanitary conditions, as authorized under §5.38; and
(4) Any alcoholic beverage in the possession of a minor,
defined in Code §106.01 as a person under the age of 21.
(b) A person presenting for importation alcoholic beverages
not permitted to be brought into the State of Texas at a port of entry
shall:
(1) prior to entering the state, destroy the alcoholic
beverages in such a manner that they are unrecoverable;
(2) voluntarily surrender the alcoholic beverages to
authorized personnel at the port of entry, who shall subsequently
destroy the alcoholic beverages in a manner that they are unrecoverable;
or
(3) not enter the State of Texas.
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