| 6 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 5 | | relating to the employment of persons under 18 years of age on the |
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| 8 | 6 | | premises of certain businesses selling or serving alcoholic |
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| 9 | 7 | | beverages; adding a provision that is subject to a criminal |
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| 10 | 8 | | penalty. |
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| 11 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 106.09, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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| 13 | 11 | | amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to |
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| 14 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 15 | 13 | | (a) Except as provided by [in] Subsections (b), (c), [and] |
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| 16 | 14 | | (e), and (f) [of this section], no person may employ a person under |
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| 17 | 15 | | 18 years of age to sell, prepare, serve, or otherwise handle liquor, |
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| 18 | 16 | | or to assist in doing so. |
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| 19 | 17 | | (f) The holder of a permit or license providing for the |
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| 20 | 18 | | on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages that derives less |
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| 21 | 19 | | than 50 percent of its gross receipts for the premises from the sale |
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| 22 | 20 | | or service of alcoholic beverages may employ a person under 18 years |
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| 23 | 21 | | of age to work as a cashier for transactions involving the sale of |
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| 24 | 22 | | alcoholic beverages if the alcoholic beverages are served by a |
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| 25 | 23 | | person 18 years of age or older. |
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| 26 | 24 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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| 27 | 25 | | 106.09, Alcoholic Beverage Code, applies only to an offense |
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| 28 | 26 | | committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense |
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| 29 | 27 | | committed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the |
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| 30 | 28 | | law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is |
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| 31 | 29 | | continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, |
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| 32 | 30 | | an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if |
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| 33 | 31 | | any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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| 34 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 35 | 33 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 36 | 34 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 37 | 35 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 38 | 36 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 37 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 38 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 39 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1651 passed the Senate on |
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| 40 | + | April 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 41 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 43 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1651 passed the House on |
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| 44 | + | May 5, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, two present |
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| 45 | + | not voting. |
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| 46 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 47 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 48 | + | Approved: |
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| 49 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 50 | + | Date |
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| 51 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 52 | + | Governor |
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