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1		-	S.B. No. 1519
	1	+	By: Hancock S.B. No. 1519
	2	+	(Geren)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to the definition of a public entertainment facility and
6	8		the promotion, sponsorship, or advertising of an entertainment
7	9		event or venue or alcoholic beverage at certain governmentally
8	10		owned public entertainment facilities.
9	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	12		SECTION 1. Section 108.73(2), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
11	13		amended to read as follows:
12	14		(2) "Public entertainment facility" means an arena,
13	15		stadium, automobile race track, amphitheater, auditorium, theater,
14	16		civic center, convention center, or similar facility that is
15	17		primarily designed and used for live artistic, theatrical,
16	18		cultural, educational, charitable, musical, sporting, nationally
17	19		sanctioned automobile racing, or entertainment events. The term
18	20		includes a facility that is part of an approved venue project,
19	21		including the venue and related infrastructure, as those terms are
20	22		defined by Section 334.001, Local Government Code. The term does
21	23		not include a facility the primary purpose of which is the sale of
22	24		food or alcoholic beverages, including a bar, nightclub,
23	25		restaurant, hotel, bowling alley, pool hall, or dance hall, or a
24	26		facility that derives 75 percent or more of the facility's annual
25	27		gross revenue from the on-premise sale of alcoholic beverages,
26	28		except for a facility that is part of an approved venue project,
27	29		including the venue and related infrastructure, as those terms are
28	30		defined by Section 334.001, Local Government Code.
29	31		SECTION 2. Section 108.755(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
30	32		amended to read as follows:
31	33		(a) Section 108.75 does not restrict or govern the
32	34		promotion, sponsorship, or advertising of an entertainment event,
33	35		or the promotion or advertising of an alcoholic beverage brand or
34	36		product, at a facility that is:
35	37		(1) owned by a municipality or county that is financed
36	38		with public securities, the interest on which is exempt from
37	39		federal income taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or
38	40		(2) part of an approved venue project, including the
39	41		venue and related infrastructure, as those terms are defined by
40	42		Section 334.001, Local Government Code.
41	43		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
42	44		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
43	45		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
44	46		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
45	47		Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
46		-	______________________________ ______________________________
47		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
48		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1519 passed the Senate on
49		-	April 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
50		-	______________________________
51		-	Secretary of the Senate
52		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1519 passed the House on
53		-	May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 4, two
54		-	present not voting.
55		-	______________________________
56		-	Chief Clerk of the House
57		-	Approved:
58		-	______________________________
59		-	Date
60		-	______________________________
61		-	Governor