By: Keffer (Senate Sponsor - Fraser) H.B. No. 3329
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2011;
May 9, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
and Commerce; May 18, 2011, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 18, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a daily temporary private club permit for a nonprofit
corporation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 33.23, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 33.23. ISSUANCE OF PERMIT. (a) The commission may
issue a daily temporary private club permit only to:
(1) a holder of a private club registration permit for
the temporary serving of alcoholic beverages at a picnic,
celebration, or similar event sponsored by:
(A) [(1)] a political party or political
association supporting a candidate for public office or a proposed
amendment to the Texas Constitution or other ballot measure;
(B) [(2)] a charitable or civic organization;
(C) [(3)] a fraternal organization with a
regular membership that has been in continuous existence for not
less than five years; or
(D) [(4)] a religious organization; or
(2) a nonprofit corporation for a fund-raising event
for the nonprofit corporation that lasts not longer than eight
hours.
(b) The commission may not issue more than two daily
temporary private club permits under Subsection (a)(1) in each
calendar year for events sponsored by the same party, association,
or organization. A daily temporary private club permit may only be
issued in the county where the private club registration permit is
issued under Subsection (a)(1).
(c) A daily temporary private club permit issued under
Subsection (a)(2) may only be issued in the county where the
nonprofit corporation is located. A nonprofit corporation may be
issued only one daily temporary private club permit under
Subsection (a)(2) in each calendar year.
SECTION 2. Section 33.25, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 33.25. APPLICATION OF PRIVATE CLUB PERMIT PROVISIONS.
(a) A provision of this code that applies to a private club
registration permit applies to a daily temporary private club
permit issued under Section 33.23(a)(1) unless the provision
conflicts with a provision of this chapter.
(b) The commission by rule shall establish the procedure for
establishing a temporary private club for a nonprofit corporation
issued a daily temporary private club permit under Section
33.23(a)(2).
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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