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| 1 | 1 | 86R7477 MCK-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Dutton H.B. No. 1154 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the hours for the sale and consumption of alcoholic | |
| 8 | 8 | beverages at certain licensed or permitted premises during special | |
| 9 | 9 | events. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Chapter 105, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended | |
| 12 | 12 | by adding Section 105.11 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 105.11. HOURS OF SALE AND CONSUMPTION: HOTEL BARS | |
| 14 | 14 | DURING SPECIAL EVENTS. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of | |
| 15 | 15 | this code, the commission, on the request of the chief executive | |
| 16 | 16 | officer of a municipality, may extend the hours during which | |
| 17 | 17 | alcoholic beverages may be sold and consumed in a licensed or | |
| 18 | 18 | permitted premises located in a hotel in the municipality during a | |
| 19 | 19 | special event that is being held in or near the municipality. | |
| 20 | 20 | (b) The commission may extend the hours for the sale and | |
| 21 | 21 | consumption of alcoholic beverages under this section for a period | |
| 22 | 22 | not to exceed 72 consecutive hours. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 24 | 24 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 25 | 25 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |