85R6072 BEE-F
By: Watson S.B. No. 966
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to criminal offenses regarding the consumption or
possession of alcoholic beverages by a minor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 106.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) Subsection (a) does not apply to a minor who reports the
sexual assault of the minor or another person to:
(1) a health care provider treating the victim of the
sexual assault;
(2) an employee of a law enforcement agency, including
an employee of a campus police department of an institution of
higher education at which the victim of the sexual assault is
enrolled; or
(3) the Title IX coordinator of an institution of
higher education at which the victim of the sexual assault is
enrolled or another employee of the institution responsible for
responding to reports of sexual assault.
SECTION 2. Section 106.05, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) Subsection (a) does not apply to a minor who reports the
sexual assault of the minor or another person to:
(1) a health care provider treating the victim of the
sexual assault;
(2) an employee of a law enforcement agency, including
an employee of a campus police department of an institution of
higher education at which the victim of the sexual assault is
enrolled; or
(3) the Title IX coordinator of an institution of
higher education at which the victim of the sexual assault is
enrolled or another employee of the institution responsible for
responding to reports of sexual assault.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.