By: Ortiz, Jr., Guillen H.B. No. 1505
(Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 22, 2009;
April 23, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on
Business and Commerce; May 6, 2009, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 6, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the promotion or advertising of alcoholic beverages in
relation to certain facilities owned by a municipality or county.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 108, Alcoholic Beverage
Code, is amended by adding Section 108.755 to read as follows:
Sec. 108.755. CERTAIN GOVERNMENTALLY OWNED FACILITIES. (a)
Section 108.75 does not restrict or govern the promotion,
sponsorship, or advertising of an entertainment event, or the
promotion or advertising of an alcoholic beverage brand or product,
at a facility owned by a municipality or county that is financed
with public securities, the interest on which is exempt from
federal income taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(b) Financial arrangements, including profit sharing,
between a concessionaire operating at a facility described by
Subsection (a) and a person operating the concession facilities
under a contract with the license or permit holder or the
municipality or county do not constitute and are not evidence of
subterfuge ownership prohibited by Section 109.53.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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