By: Clardy (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 601
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015;
April 27, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Business and Commerce; May 7, 2015, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 7, 2015, sent to printer.)
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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.
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