By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 693
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to proof of identification to purchase an alcoholic
beverage.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 106.03, Alcoholic
Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) A person who sells a minor an alcoholic beverage does
not commit an offense if the minor falsely represents himself to be
21 years old or older by displaying an apparently valid proof of
identification that contains [Texas driver's license or an
identification card issued by the Texas Department of Public
Safety, containing] a physical description and photograph
consistent with the minor's [his] appearance, purports to establish
that the minor is 21 years of age or older, and was issued by a
governmental agency [for the purpose of inducing the person to sell
him an alcoholic beverage]. The proof of identification may
include a driver's license or identification card issued by the
Department of Public Safety, a passport, or a military
identification card.
SECTION 2. The defenses added by this Act to Subsection (b),
Section 160.03, Alcoholic Beverage Code, are available to a person
regardless of when the offense was committed but only for trials
commencing on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. 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.