87R7818 MCK-F
By: Buckley H.B. No. 4155
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibiting certain limitations on the operation of
certain alcoholic beverage businesses and organizations that
benefit veterans during a declared state of disaster.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 418.012, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 418.012. EXECUTIVE ORDERS. (a) Under this chapter,
the governor may issue executive orders, proclamations, and
regulations and amend or rescind them. Executive orders,
proclamations, and regulations have the force and effect of law.
(b) An executive order, proclamation, or regulation issued
by the governor under this chapter that restricts the operation of
or the hours of operation for a business that sells alcoholic
beverages may not include:
(1) a business that holds a permit or license:
(A) issued by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage
Commission;
(B) for a business in the manufacturing tier of
the alcoholic beverage industry; and
(C) that authorizes the business to sell
alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption; or
(2) an organization exempt from federal taxation under
Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as an organization
described by Section 501(c)(19) of that code, that benefits
veterans of the United States armed forces.
SECTION 2. Section 418.012, Government Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to a declaration of a state of disaster
issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A
declaration issued before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date
of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. 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, 2021.