By: Rodriguez of Travis, Geren H.B. No. 1917
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to alcoholic beverage advertising on the outside of
certain vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 108.52, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
(i) Outdoor advertising of an alcoholic beverage or of the
business of any person engaged in the manufacture, sale, or
distribution of an alcoholic beverage may be placed on or affixed to
the outside of a public transportation passenger vehicle or vehicle
for hire unless the advertising is prohibited by an ordinance of an
incorporated city or town or the advertising is in an area or zone
where the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited by law
. In this
subsection:
(1) "Public transportation passenger vehicle" means a
vehicle operated by a political subdivision and used for the
transportation of passengers for a fee.
(2) "Vehicle for hire" includes a van, taxi,
limousine, pedicab, and rickshaw and any other means of
transportation available to the public for a fee.
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, 2013.