By: Raymond (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2035
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
and Commerce; May 20, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 20, 2015, sent to printer.)
Click here to see the committee vote
COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
EltifeX
CreightonX
EllisX
HuffinesX
SchwertnerX
SeligerX
TaylorofGalvestonX
WatsonX
WhitmireX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to regulation by certain alcohol-related businesses based
on the amount of alcohol sold.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 109.57(d), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) This section does not affect the authority of a
governmental entity to regulate, in a manner as otherwise permitted
by law, the location of:
(1) a massage parlor, nude modeling studio, or other
sexually oriented business; [or]
(2) an establishment that derives 75 percent or more
of the establishment's gross revenue from the on-premise sale of
alcoholic beverages; or
(3) an establishment that:
(A) derives 50 percent or more of the
establishment's gross revenue from the on-premise sale of alcoholic
beverages; and
(B) is located in a municipality or county, any
portion of which is located not more than 50 miles from an
international border.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
* * * * *