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1	1	By: Davis S.B. No. 861
2	2	(In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2013; March 5, 2013,
3	3	read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
4	4	April 15, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
5	5	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1; April 15, 2013,
6	6	sent to printer.)
7	7	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 861 By: Van de Putte
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10	10	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
11	11	AN ACT
12	12	relating to requiring certain notices to be posted on the premises
13	13	of certain alcoholic beverage retailers.
14	14	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	15	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 11, Alcoholic Beverage
16	16	Code, is amended by adding Section 11.043 to read as follows:
17	17	Sec. 11.043. DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED PENALTIES SIGN.
18	18	(a) The commission by rule shall require the holder of a permit
19	19	authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises
20	20	consumption who does not hold a food and beverage certificate for
21	21	the premises to display a sign on the door to each restroom on the
22	22	permit holder's premises that informs the public of:
23	23	(1) the criminal penalties for a conviction of the
24	24	offense of driving while intoxicated; and
25	25	(2) the average costs a person convicted of driving
26	26	while intoxicated can expect to pay, including attorney's fees,
27	27	criminal fines, court costs, bail, driver's license surcharges, and
28	28	alcohol education course fees.
29	29	(b) The commission's rules shall specify the size and
30	30	graphic design, including font size and type, and the language of
31	31	the sign. The rules may require the permit holder to display the
32	32	sign in a language other than English if the commission determines
33	33	that a substantial portion of the expected customers of the
34	34	establishment speak a language other than English.
35	35	SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 61, Alcoholic Beverage
36	36	Code, is amended by adding Section 61.112 to read as follows:
37	37	Sec. 61.112. DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED PENALTIES SIGN.
38	38	(a) The commission by rule shall require the holder of a license
39	39	authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises
40	40	consumption who does not hold a food and beverage certificate for
41	41	the premises to display a sign on the door to each restroom on the
42	42	license holder's premises that informs the public of:
43	43	(1) the criminal penalties for a conviction of the
44	44	offense of driving while intoxicated; and
45	45	(2) the average costs a person convicted of driving
46	46	while intoxicated can expect to pay, including attorney's fees,
47	47	criminal fines, court costs, bail, driver's license surcharges, and
48	48	alcohol education course fees.
49	49	(b) The commission's rules shall specify the size and
50	50	graphic design, including font size and type, and the language of
51	51	the sign. The rules may require the license holder to display the
52	52	sign in a language other than English if the commission determines
53	53	that a substantial portion of the expected customers of the
54	54	establishment speak a language other than English.
55	55	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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