H.B. No. 1917
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 Subsections (i) and (j) to read as follows:
(i) Except as provided by Subsection (j), 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. 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.
(j) An incorporated city or town may, by ordinance, prohibit
outdoor advertising described by Subsection (i) on or affixed to a
vehicle for hire.
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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1917 was passed by the House on April
25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 6, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1917 on May 16, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 8,
3 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1917 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays
2.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor