H.B. No. 893
AN ACT
relating to consumption of alcoholic beverages in certain public
entertainment facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 108, Alcoholic Beverage
Code, is amended by adding Section 108.82 to read as follows:
Sec. 108.82. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONSUMPTION IN CERTAIN
PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES. (a) This section applies only with
respect to a public entertainment facility:
(1) that is a stadium:
(A) located in a county with a population of more
than 1.6 million;
(B) constructed not later than 1994; and
(C) with a seating capacity of at least 45,000;
and
(2) for which all alcoholic beverage permits and
licenses are held by a single independent concessionaire.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 28.10, the independent
concessionaire for a public entertainment facility described by
Subsection (a) may allow a patron who possesses an alcoholic
beverage to enter or leave a licensed or permitted premises within
the facility if the alcoholic beverage:
(1) is in an open container, as defined by Section
49.031, Penal Code;
(2) appears to be possessed for present consumption;
(3) remains within the confines of the facility,
excluding a parking lot; and
(4) was purchased legally at a licensed or permitted
premises within the facility.
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 893 was passed by the House on April
11, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 893 on May 6, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1
present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 893 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 2, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor