84R391 AJA-F
By: King of Taylor H.B. No. 770
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to civil liability for the provision of an alcoholic
beverage to a minor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2.02(c), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) An adult 21 years of age or older is liable for damages
proximately caused by the intoxication of a minor [under the age of
18] if:
(1) the adult is not:
(A) the minor's parent, guardian, or spouse; or
(B) an adult in whose custody the minor has been
committed by a court; and
(2) the adult knowingly:
(A) served or provided to the minor any of the
alcoholic beverages that contributed to the minor's intoxication;
or
(B) allowed the minor to be served or provided
any of the alcoholic beverages that contributed to the minor's
intoxication on the premises owned or leased by the adult.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of
this Act. A cause of action that accrued before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the cause of action
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. 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.