Sec. 251.78.  CONTINUANCE OF OPERATION AS WHOLESALER.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, if the sale of the type or types of liquor authorized to be sold by the holder of a wholesaler's permit whose warehouse or other facility used in connection with the wholesale operation is prohibited in an area by local option election, the holder of the wholesaler's permit shall have the right to continue to operate as a wholesaler in that area and maintain the necessary premises and facilities for the wholesale operation.  The wholesaler shall enjoy all the rights and privileges incident to the permit, including the right to possess, store, warehouse, sell, deliver, and receive liquor.
(b)  A wholesaler in the area affected may only sell or deliver liquor to permittees located where the sale of liquor is legal.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 556, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.