Bill Text: TX HB2239 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the presence of a minor on the premises of a sexually oriented business that is permitted or licensed under the Alcoholic Beverage Code; creating a criminal offense.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-06 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB2239 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2239-Introduced.html
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| By: Murphy | H.B. No. 2239 | |
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| relating to the presence of a minor on the premises of a sexually | ||
| oriented business that is permitted or licensed under the Alcoholic | ||
| Beverage Code; creating a criminal offense. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 106, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 106.17 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 106.17. PRESENCE OF MINOR ON PERMITTED OR LICENSED | ||
| PREMISES OPERATING AS A SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS. (a) A minor | ||
| may not be on premises covered by a permit or license issued under | ||
| this code if a sexually oriented business, as defined by Section | ||
| 243.002, Local Government Code, operates on the premises. | ||
| (b) The holder of a permit or license covering a premises | ||
| described by Subsection (a) may not knowingly or recklessly allow a | ||
| minor to be on the premises. | ||
| (c) The holder of a permit or license who violates | ||
| Subsection (b) commits an offense. An offense under this | ||
| subsection is a Class A misdemeanor. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2019. | ||
