2017S0410-T 03/07/17
By: Hancock S.B. No. 1519
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the promotion, sponsorship or advertising of an
entertainment event or alcoholic beverage brand or product and a
facility owned by a convention center development corporation
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 108.755(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Section 108.75 does not restrict or govern the
promotion, sponsorship, or advertising of an entertainment event,
or the promotion or advertising of an alcoholic beverage brand or
product, at a facility owned by a municipality, or county that is
financed with public securities, the interest on which is exempt
from federal income taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, or at a facility that is related infrastructure to a venue, as
those terms are defined by Texas Local Government Code Chapter
334.001 (3), (4)(A) and (4)(E).
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, 2017.