Bill Text: TX HB2035 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to regulation by certain alcohol-related businesses based on the amount of alcohol sold.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2015-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2035 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB2035-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 2035

AN ACT
relating to regulation by certain alcohol-related businesses based
on the amount of alcohol sold.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 109.57(d), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) This section does not affect the authority of a
governmental entity to regulate, in a manner as otherwise permitted
by law, the location of:
(1) a massage parlor, nude modeling studio, or other
sexually oriented business; [or]
(2) an establishment that derives 75 percent or more
of the establishment's gross revenue from the on-premise sale of
alcoholic beverages; or
(3) an establishment that:
(A) derives 50 percent or more of the
establishment's gross revenue from the on-premise sale of alcoholic
beverages; and
(B) is located in a municipality or county, any
portion of which is located not more than 50 miles from an
international border.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2035 was passed by the House on April
30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 10, 1 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2035 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 24, Nays 7.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor