86R9292 BEE-F
By: Goldman H.B. No. 4272
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of a public entertainment facility for
purposes of certain alcoholic beverage-related activities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. 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 and includes
parking areas that are adjacent to the facility. The term 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 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, 2019.