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The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, or TABC (formerly the Texas Liquor Control Board), is a Texas public agency responsible for regulating, inspecting and taxing the production and sale of alcoholic beverages within the state. The agency was established in 1935 and is headquartered in Austin. ==Responsibilities and powers== The TABC's organic law, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, authorizes the agency to: *Grant, refuse, suspend, or cancel permits and licenses in all phases of the alcoholic beverage industry *Supervise, inspect, and regulate the manufacturing, importation, exportation, transportation, sale, storage, distribution, and possession of alcoholic beverages *Assess and collect fees and taxes *Investigate for violations of the Alcoholic Beverage Code and assist in the prosecution of violators *Seize illicit beverages *Adopt standards of quality and approve labels and size of containers for all alcoholic beverages sold in Texas *Pass rules to assist the agency in all of the above In addition to their regulatory roles, TABC agents are fully empowered state police officers with statewide criminal jurisdiction and may make arrests for any offense.〔See Cortez v. State, 738 S.W.2d 760 (Tex. App.-Austin, 1987).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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