Bill Text: TX HB3592 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to exempting certain licensees and permittees from the food service requirements of a food and beverage certificate issued under the Alcoholic Beverage Code.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-19 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB3592 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB3592-Introduced.html

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84R475 JAM-D
By: Alonzo H.B. No. 3592

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to exempting certain licensees and permittees from the
food service requirements of a food and beverage certificate issued
under the Alcoholic Beverage Code.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.13(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) An applicant or holder of a food and beverage
certificate shall have food service facilities for the preparation
and service of multiple entrees. The commission shall adopt rules
as necessary to assure that the holder of a food and beverage
certificate maintains food service as the primary business on the
premises for which a food and beverage certificate has been issued.
The commission may exempt permittees who are concessionaires in
public entertainment venues such as sports stadiums and convention
centers from the requirement that food service be the primary
business on the premises. The commission may exempt the holder of a
brewpub license who sells alcoholic beverages manufactured only on
the brewpub's premises from:
(1) the requirement that the license holder have food
service facilities for the preparation and service of multiple
entrees;
(2) the requirement that food service be the primary
business on the premises; or
(3) any other requirement relating to food service.
SECTION 2. Section 69.16(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) An applicant or holder of a food and beverage
certificate shall have food service facilities for the preparation
and service of multiple entrees. The commission shall adopt rules
as necessary to assure that the holder of a food and beverage
certificate maintains food service as the primary business on the
premises for which a food and beverage certificate has been issued.
The commission may exempt permittees who are concessionaires in
public entertainment venues such as sports stadiums and convention
centers from the requirement that food service be the primary
business on the premises. The commission may exempt the holder of a
brewpub license who sells alcoholic beverages manufactured only on
the brewpub's premises from:
(1) the requirement that the license holder have food
service facilities for the preparation and service of multiple
entrees;
(2) the requirement that food service be the primary
business on the premises; or
(3) any other requirement relating to food service.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2016.