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| 1 | - | 87R16913 SMT-D | |
| 2 | - | By: Harris, Clardy H.B. No. 3813 | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3813: | |
| 4 | - | By: Clardy C.S.H.B. No. 3813 | |
| 1 | + | 87R12081 SMT-D | |
| 2 | + | By: Harris H.B. No. 3813 | |
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| 7 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 7 | relating to the authority of certain municipalities to impose | |
| 10 | 8 | regulations on amplified sound from certain venues. | |
| 11 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 10 | SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Entertainment and | |
| 13 | 11 | Hospitality Revitalization Act of 2021. | |
| 14 | 12 | SECTION 2. Chapter 217, Local Government Code, is amended | |
| 15 | 13 | by adding Subchapter Z to read as follows: | |
| 16 | 14 | SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | |
| 17 | 15 | Sec. 217.901. REGULATION OF SOUND FROM CERTAIN VENUES IN | |
| 18 | 16 | CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES PROHIBITED. (a) This section applies only | |
| 19 | 17 | to a municipality with a population of 750,000 or more that is | |
| 20 | 18 | primarily located in a county with a population of 1.5 million or | |
| 21 | 19 | less. | |
| 22 | 20 | (b) A municipality may not adopt or enforce an ordinance | |
| 23 | - | that regulates the production of amplified sound from a bar | |
| 24 | - | sound is produced: | |
| 21 | + | that regulates the production of amplified sound from a bar or live | |
| 22 | + | music venue located in a residential area if the sound is produced: | |
| 25 | 23 | (1) from a loudspeaker or sound amplifier at a level | |
| 26 | - | that does not exceed | |
| 24 | + | that does not exceed 75 decibels; and | |
| 27 | 25 | (2) at any time between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 a.m. | |
| 28 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |