Bill Text: TX HB1012 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 1012 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the elements of and punishment for the offense of providing an alcoholic beverage to a minor.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB1012 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB1012-Introduced.html

	83R4539 MCK-F

	By: King of Taylor	H.B. No. 1012



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the elements of and punishment for the offense of
	providing an alcoholic beverage to a minor.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 106.06(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, as
	amended by Chapters 437 (S.B. 55) and 934 (H.B. 1445), Acts of the
	73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is reenacted and amended
	to read as follows:
	(a) Except as provided in Subsection (b) [~~of this section~~],
	a person commits an offense if the person [he] purchases an
	alcoholic beverage for or gives or with criminal negligence makes
	available an alcoholic beverage to a minor.
	SECTION 2. Section 106.06(c), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(c) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), an [An] offense
	under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
	SECTION 3. Section 106.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
	(c-1) An offense under this section is a state jail felony
	if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the person purchased
	an alcoholic beverage for or gave or made an alcoholic beverage
	available to a minor who, as a result of the consumption of the
	alcoholic beverage, caused another person to suffer serious bodily
	injury or death.
	SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
	offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed
	by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and that law is
	continued in effect for that purpose. For the purposes of this
	section, an offense is committed before the effective date of this
	Act if any element of the offense occurs before that date.
	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.