Bill Text: TX SB802 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to consumption of alcoholic beverages in public entertainment facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-09 - Committee report printed and distributed [SB802 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB802-Comm_Sub.html
By: Eltife | S.B. No. 802 | |
(In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2015; March 3, 2015, | ||
read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; | ||
April 9, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee | ||
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 9, 2015, | ||
sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 802 | By: Schwertner |
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relating to consumption of alcoholic beverages in public | ||
entertainment facilities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 108.82, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 108.82. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONSUMPTION IN [ |
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PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES. (a) This section applies only | ||
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(1) that is a stadium, arena, or other permanent | ||
structure that is used for sporting events; | ||
(2) relating to which an agreement approved by the | ||
administrator under Section 108.79 is in force[ |
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licenses are held by a single holder [ |
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(b) Notwithstanding Section 28.10, the [ |
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concessionaire for a public entertainment facility described by | ||
Subsection (a) may allow a patron who possesses an alcoholic | ||
beverage to enter or leave a licensed or permitted premises within | ||
the facility if the alcoholic beverage: | ||
(1) is in an open container, as defined by Section | ||
49.031, Penal Code; | ||
(2) appears to be possessed for present consumption; | ||
(3) remains within the confines of the facility, | ||
excluding a parking lot; and | ||
(4) was purchased legally at a licensed or permitted | ||
premises within the facility. | ||
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, 2015. | ||
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