By: Veasey H.B. No. 4319
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to local regulation of the distance requirements for the
sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages near certain plasma
centers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 109, Alcoholic Beverage
Code, is amended by adding Section 109.37 to read as follows:
Sec. 109.37 CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES NEAR CERTAIN
PLASMA CENTER. (a) In this section:
(1) "Central business district" has the meaning
assigned by Section 109.36.
(2) "Plasma center" means a publicly or privately
operated facility at which individuals may donate blood plasma.
(3) "Open container" has the meaning assigned by
Section 109.35.
(b) The commissioners court of a county may enact
regulations applicable in areas in the county outside an
incorporated city or town, and the governing board of an
incorporated city or town may enact regulations applicable in the
city or town, prohibiting the possession of an open container or the
consumption of an alcoholic beverage on a public street, public
alley, or public sidewalk within 1,000 feet of the property line of
a plasma center that is not located in a central business district.
(c) If the commissioners court of a county or the governing
board of an incorporated city or town enacts a prohibition under
Subsection (b), the commissioners court or the governing board may
enact regulations allowing special temporary events for which
Subsection (b) may be suspended.
Section 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.