Bill Text: TX HB3185 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the temporary closure of certain businesses following a violent act on the premises.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-12 - Referred directly to subcommittee by chair [HB3185 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3185-Introduced.html
By: Jones of Harris | H.B. No. 3185 |
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relating to the temporary closure of certain businesses following a | ||
violent act on the premises. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 104, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 104.08 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 104.08. MANDATORY CLOSURE AFTER VIOLENT INCIDENT. (a) | ||
This section applies only to a permit or license holder that: | ||
(1) operates as a bar, nightclub, or similar | ||
commercial venue; and | ||
(2) derives more than 50 percent of the holder's gross | ||
revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises | ||
consumption. | ||
(b) If a shooting, stabbing, or other violent act that | ||
results in the hospitalization or death of an individual occurs on | ||
the premises of a permit or license holder, the permit or license | ||
holder shall immediately close the premises. The permit or license | ||
holder shall keep the premises closed until the 48th hour following | ||
the violent act to allow law enforcement to investigate the | ||
incident unless the law enforcement agency conducting the | ||
investigation authorizes the permit or license holder to reopen the | ||
premises before the 48th hour via written notice, with a carbon copy | ||
sent to Texas Alcoholic Business Commission. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |