83R5133 JAM-D
By: Kuempel H.J.R. No. 76
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting persons under the
legal drinking age from being employed by or entering a liquor
store.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 20, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is
amended by adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
(e) A person who sells or is authorized to sell distilled
spirits to consumers for off-premises consumption may not:
(1) knowingly utilize or employ any person younger
than the legal drinking age to work on a premises where distilled
spirits are stored, sold, or transported; or
(2) knowingly allow a person younger than the legal
drinking age to enter or remain upon a premises where distilled
spirits are stored, sold, or transported unless that person is
accompanied at all times by that person's parent, legal guardian,
or spouse who is of the legal drinking age.
(f) Subsection (e) does not prohibit the use or employment
of a person by the person's parent, legal guardian, or spouse who is
of the legal drinking age to work in a business owned by the parent,
legal guardian, or spouse or the presence of a person on the
premises of a business owned by the person's parent, legal
guardian, or spouse who is of the legal drinking age.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013.
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting persons
under the legal drinking age from being employed by or entering a
liquor store."