Sec. 102.15.  BREWER OR DISTRIBUTOR: PROHIBITED DEALINGS WITH RETAILER.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a brewer or distributor directly or indirectly, or through a subsidiary, affiliate, agent, employee, officer, director, or firm member, may not:
(1)  furnish, give, or lend any money or other thing of value to a person engaged or about to be engaged in selling brewery products for on-premises or off-premises consumption, or give the person any money or thing of value for the person's use, benefit, or relief; or
(2)  guarantee the repayment of a loan or the fulfillment of a financial obligation of a person engaged in or about to be engaged in selling malt beverages at retail.
(b)  Subsection (a) does not prohibit a brewer or distributor from prearranging or preannouncing a promotional activity otherwise permitted by this code with a retailer about a promotional activity to be held on the retailer's premises.  Notwithstanding any other provision, a brewer or distributor may:
(1)  preannounce a promotion to a consumer; or
(2)  preannounce the purchase of malt beverages to a consumer.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 502, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Amended by: 
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1190 (S.B. 1090), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 293, eff. September 1, 2021.