84R477 MCK-D
By: Menéndez H.B. No. 143
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the local regulation of distance requirements for the
possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages near public
transportation stops.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 109, Alcoholic Beverage
Code, is amended by adding Section 109.37 to read as follows:
Sec. 109.37. CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES NEAR PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION STOPS. (a) In this section:
(1) "Open container" has the meaning assigned by
Section 109.35.
(2) "Public transportation passenger vehicle" means a
vehicle operated by a political subdivision and used for the
transportation of passengers for a fee.
(b) The commissioners court of a county may enact
regulations applicable in areas in the county outside an
incorporated city or town, and the governing board of an
incorporated city or town may enact regulations applicable in the
city or town, prohibiting the possession of an open container or the
consumption of an alcoholic beverage on a public street, public
alley, or public sidewalk within 300 feet of the property line of a
station, platform, bus stop, bus shelter, or other place designated
as a place of entry to or exit from a public transportation
passenger vehicle.
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, 2015.