81R1968 AJA-D
By: Pitts H.B. No. 231
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to local regulation of distance requirements for
businesses selling alcoholic beverages near a public school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.007(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The board of trustees of a school district shall attempt
to provide a safe alcohol-free environment to students coming to or
going from school. The board of trustees may cooperate with local
law enforcement officials and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage
Commission in attempting to provide this environment and in
enforcing Sections 101.75, 109.33, and 109.59, Alcoholic Beverage
Code. Additionally, the board [, if a majority of the area of a
district is located in a municipality with a population of 900,000
or more,] may petition the commissioners court of the county in
which the district is located or the governing board of an
incorporated city or town in which the district is located to adopt
a 1,000-foot zone under Section 109.33, Alcoholic Beverage Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.