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| 1 | 1 | 83R10278 AJA-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Kuempel H.B. No. 2910 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages to customers of a | |
| 8 | 8 | package store during certain hours. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 22, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | by adding Section 22.17 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 22.17. SALE TO CUSTOMER IN STORE AT CLOSING. | |
| 13 | 13 | Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, if a customer has | |
| 14 | 14 | entered a package store during hours in which the package store may | |
| 15 | 15 | sell alcohol and is still in the store at the time the hours of legal | |
| 16 | 16 | sale end, the permittee may allow the customer to remain in the | |
| 17 | 17 | store for a reasonable amount of time to finish shopping, and the | |
| 18 | 18 | permittee may sell an alcoholic beverage to that customer even | |
| 19 | 19 | though the sale occurs after the designated end of the hours of | |
| 20 | 20 | legal sale. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |