| 1 | 1 | | By: Jones of Harris H.B. No. 3185 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the temporary closure of certain businesses following a |
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| 7 | 7 | | violent act on the premises. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 104, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended |
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| 10 | 10 | | by adding Section 104.08 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 104.08. MANDATORY CLOSURE AFTER VIOLENT INCIDENT. (a) |
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| 12 | 12 | | This section applies only to a permit or license holder that: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) operates as a bar, nightclub, or similar |
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| 14 | 14 | | commercial venue; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) derives more than 50 percent of the holder's gross |
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| 16 | 16 | | revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises |
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| 17 | 17 | | consumption. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) If a shooting, stabbing, or other violent act that |
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| 19 | 19 | | results in the hospitalization or death of an individual occurs on |
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| 20 | 20 | | the premises of a permit or license holder, the permit or license |
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| 21 | 21 | | holder shall immediately close the premises. The permit or license |
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| 22 | 22 | | holder shall keep the premises closed until the 48th hour following |
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| 23 | 23 | | the violent act to allow law enforcement to investigate the |
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| 24 | 24 | | incident unless the law enforcement agency conducting the |
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| 25 | 25 | | investigation authorizes the permit or license holder to reopen the |
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| 26 | 26 | | premises before the 48th hour via written notice, with a carbon copy |
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| 27 | 27 | | sent to Texas Alcoholic Business Commission. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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