84R815 JAM-F By: Clardy H.B. No. 601 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the premises covered by mixed beverage permits for certain county-owned facilities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 28, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended by adding Section 28.135 to read as follows: Sec. 28.135. DESIGNATION OF LICENSED PREMISES FOR PERMITS COVERING CERTAIN COUNTY-OWNED FACILITIES. (a) This section applies only to a facility that is: (1) partially located in a municipality that: (A) has a population of less than 40,000; and (B) is located in a county with a population less than 70,000; and (2) a county-owned civic center that consists of adjacent buildings not all of which are located in the municipality described by Subdivision (1). (b) Notwithstanding any other law, all buildings comprising a facility described by Subsection (a) may be designated as and considered the licensed premises for purposes of a mixed beverage permit covering the facility. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.