Lucille1963
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Here is the link to the Texas law on the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission site, Sec. 106.04(b) http://www.tabc.state.tx.us/laws/alcoholic_beverage_Code_referencing_minors.asp
uh no, the 21 drinking age is not a state law it is a federal law and is the same for all 50 states in the US!!
Not sure what Texas law is now - (I was in HS when it changed to 21). But you could legally drink at a restaurant/bar (we lived in a county where you and to be a member of the restaurant's "club" in order to purchase an adult beverage) in the late 80s if your parent handed you the drink.No drinking in the US under the age of 21 has been the law since 1984. Some states do let minors drink at home but I don't think California is one of those.
That's fascinating. So legally a parent could bring their 10 year old to a bar in Wisconsin and buy her a beer. A sports team of 12 to 14 year olds could head to a bar after a game as long as each child had their parent there in the bar with them.Persons under age 21 may be on licensed premises, and can be sold and allowed to drink alcohol beverages, if they are with their parents, guardians, or spouses, as long as those persons are of legal drinking age; but this is at the discretion of the licensee.
StageTek said:That's fascinating. So legally a parent could bring their 10 year old to a bar in Wisconsin and buy her a beer. A sports team of 12 to 14 year olds could head to a bar after a game as long as each child had their parent there in the bar with them.
I did read the text. Thanks you for the link - it was very interesting.You can read the text at the Wisconsin Department of Revenue site that I quoted above. It also allows the holder of the liquor license to serve the accompanied minor at their discretion. So I highly doubt either of your scenarios would happen.
uh no, the 21 drinking age is not a state law it is a federal law and is the same for all 50 states in the US!!
http://epw.senate.gov/title23.pdf
§ 158. National minimum drinking age
(a) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.
(1) IN GENERAL.The Secretary shall withhold 10 per centum
of the amount required to be apportioned to any State
under each of sections 104(b)(1), 104(b)(3), and 104(b)(4) of this
title on the first day of each fiscal year after the second fiscal
year beginning after September 30, 1985, in which the purchase
or public possession in such State of any alcoholic beverage
by a person who is less than twenty-one years of age is
lawful.
I did read the text. Thanks you for the link - it was very interesting.
I understand that either scenario is unlikely to happen - what I found interesting is that legally a parent could buy a ten year old a beer in a bar. And that legally a group of parents could take their Little League team to a bar for beers after a game. It's interesting to me that in Wisconsin there is legally no "drinking age" - only the age when a person can legally buy a drink without a parent being present. That's different than where I live and I found it interesting.
And in NYC an adult cannot buy a 32 ounce soda....