Bill Text: TX SB1391 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to penalties imposed on a holder of an alcoholic beverage license or permit on the basis of a criminal prosecution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-16 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1391 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1391-Introduced.html
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By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 1391 |
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relating to penalties imposed on a holder of an alcoholic beverage | ||
license or permit on the basis of a criminal prosecution. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 11.641(c), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) A civil penalty[ |
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may not be imposed on the holder of a permit or license on the basis | ||
of a criminal prosecution in which the defendant was found not | ||
guilty, the criminal charges were dismissed, or there has not been | ||
final adjudication except for allegations of an offense that | ||
affects the public safety, including: | ||
(1) a breach of the peace; | ||
(2) an offense relating to the trafficking of persons; | ||
(3) an offense relating to the hours of sale or | ||
consumption of alcohol; | ||
(4) a drug-related offense; | ||
(5) an offense relating to the sale, service, or | ||
delivery of an alcoholic beverage to an intoxicated person; | ||
(6) an offense relating to the permit holder or an | ||
employee of the permit holder being intoxicated on the permitted | ||
premises; or | ||
(7) an offense relating to the sale, service, or | ||
delivery of an alcoholic beverage to a minor or the employment of a | ||
minor. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 11.641(c), Alcoholic Beverage Code, as | ||
amended by this Act, applies only to the imposition of a penalty for | ||
a violation that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
The imposition of a penalty for a violation that occurs before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect | ||
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |