By: Davis S.B. No. 861
(In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2013; March 5, 2013,
read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
April 15, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1; April 15, 2013,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 861 By: Van de Putte
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring certain notices to be posted on the premises
of certain alcoholic beverage retailers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 11, Alcoholic Beverage
Code, is amended by adding Section 11.043 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.043. DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED PENALTIES SIGN.
(a) The commission by rule shall require the holder of a permit
authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises
consumption who does not hold a food and beverage certificate for
the premises to display a sign on the door to each restroom on the
permit holder's premises that informs the public of:
(1) the criminal penalties for a conviction of the
offense of driving while intoxicated; and
(2) the average costs a person convicted of driving
while intoxicated can expect to pay, including attorney's fees,
criminal fines, court costs, bail, driver's license surcharges, and
alcohol education course fees.
(b) The commission's rules shall specify the size and
graphic design, including font size and type, and the language of
the sign. The rules may require the permit holder to display the
sign in a language other than English if the commission determines
that a substantial portion of the expected customers of the
establishment speak a language other than English.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 61, Alcoholic Beverage
Code, is amended by adding Section 61.112 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.112. DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED PENALTIES SIGN.
(a) The commission by rule shall require the holder of a license
authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises
consumption who does not hold a food and beverage certificate for
the premises to display a sign on the door to each restroom on the
license holder's premises that informs the public of:
(1) the criminal penalties for a conviction of the
offense of driving while intoxicated; and
(2) the average costs a person convicted of driving
while intoxicated can expect to pay, including attorney's fees,
criminal fines, court costs, bail, driver's license surcharges, and
alcohol education course fees.
(b) The commission's rules shall specify the size and
graphic design, including font size and type, and the language of
the sign. The rules may require the license holder to display the
sign in a language other than English if the commission determines
that a substantial portion of the expected customers of the
establishment speak a language other than English.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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