H.B. No. 824
AN ACT
relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages to customers of a
package store during certain hours.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 22, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended
by adding Section 22.17 to read as follows:
Sec. 22.17. SALE TO CUSTOMER IN STORE AT CLOSING.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, if a customer has
entered a package store during hours in which the package store may
sell alcohol and is still in the store at the time the hours of legal
sale end, the permittee may allow the customer to remain in the
store for a reasonable amount of time to finish shopping, and the
permittee may sell an alcoholic beverage to that customer even
though the sale occurs after the designated end of the hours of
legal sale.
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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 824 was passed by the House on April
23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 824 on May 29, 2015, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 824 on May 31, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144,
Nays 0, 2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 824 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays
3; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
824 on May 31, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor