H.B. No. 2196
AN ACT
relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages on certain property
owned or leased by the Texas State Railroad Authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 48.01, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 48.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. (a) The holder of a
passenger train beverage permit has the same rights with respect to
the sale of alcoholic beverages on a passenger train to which this
chapter applies as the holder of an airline beverage permit has with
respect to the sale of alcoholic beverages on a commercial
passenger airplane under Section 34.01 [of this code].
(b) This subsection applies only to a passenger train
operated by or on behalf of the Texas State Railroad Authority. An
alcoholic beverage purchased by a consumer on a passenger train for
present consumption may be removed from the train for consumption
on property that is part of a public entertainment facility owned or
leased by the Texas State Railroad Authority. An alcoholic
beverage in an open container purchased by a consumer on property
that is part of a public entertainment facility owned or leased by
the Texas State Railroad Authority may be consumed on a passenger
train.
SECTION 2. Section 108.73(2), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(2) "Public entertainment facility" means an arena,
stadium, automobile race track, amphitheater, auditorium, theater,
civic center, convention center, or similar facility that is
primarily designed and used for live artistic, theatrical,
cultural, educational, charitable, musical, sporting, nationally
sanctioned automobile racing, or entertainment events. The term
includes a facility that is owned or leased by the Texas State
Railroad Authority and used as a station for passenger rail
services. The term also includes a facility that is part of an
approved venue project, including the venue and related
infrastructure, as those terms are defined by Section 334.001,
Local Government Code. The term does not include a facility the
primary purpose of which is the sale of food or alcoholic beverages,
including a bar, nightclub, restaurant, hotel, bowling alley, pool
hall, or dance hall, or a facility that derives 75 percent or more
of the facility's annual gross revenue from the on-premise sale of
alcoholic beverages, except for a facility that is part of an
approved venue project, including the venue and related
infrastructure, as those terms are defined by Section 334.001,
Local Government Code.
SECTION 3. Section 108.82, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 108.82. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONSUMPTION IN PUBLIC
ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES. (a) This section applies only to a
public entertainment facility:
(1) that is owned or leased by the Texas State Railroad
Authority and used as a station for passenger rail services; or
(2) that is a stadium, arena, or other permanent
structure that is used for sporting events and:[;]
(A) [(2)] relating to which an agreement
approved by the administrator under Section 108.79 is in force; and
(B) [(3)] for which all alcoholic beverage
permits and licenses are held by a single holder.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 28.10, the concessionaire for a
public entertainment facility described by Subsection (a) may allow
a patron who possesses an alcoholic beverage to enter or leave a
licensed or permitted premises within the facility if the alcoholic
beverage:
(1) is in an open container, as defined by Section
49.031, Penal Code;
(2) appears to be possessed for present consumption;
(3) except as provided by Section 48.01(b), remains
within the confines of the facility, excluding a parking lot; and
(4) was purchased legally at a licensed or permitted
premises within the facility.
(c) A license or permit may be issued for a premises located
in a facility described by Subsection (a)(1) in an area in which the
sale of alcoholic beverages has not been authorized by a local
option election if the area has been annexed by a municipality in
which the sale of alcoholic beverages has been authorized by a local
option election. A facility described by this subsection has the
same local option status as the municipality.
(d) For a facility described by Subsection (a)(1), a
concessionaire under Subsection (b) may include a licensee or
permittee of the manufacturing tier.
SECTION 4. Subchapter C, Chapter 4501, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 4501.1021 to read as
follows:
Sec. 4501.1021. SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON AUTHORITY
PROPERTY. The authority may contract with a person for the retail
sale of alcoholic beverages and a person may sell alcoholic
beverages at retail on authority property that is used as a station
for passenger rail services if the person holds or obtains the
appropriate permit or license authorizing the sale of the alcoholic
beverages.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2196 was passed by the House on April
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 2, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2196 on May 14, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 4,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2196 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor