Bill Text: TX SB966 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to criminal offenses regarding the consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages by a minor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-27 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB966 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB966-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to criminal offenses regarding the consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages by a minor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-27 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB966 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB966-Comm_Sub.html
By: Watson | S.B. No. 966 | |
(In the Senate - Filed February 21, 2017; March 1, 2017, | ||
read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; | ||
April 20, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee | ||
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 20, 2017, | ||
sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 966 | By: Perry |
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relating to criminal offenses regarding the consumption or | ||
possession of alcoholic beverages by a minor. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 106.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows: | ||
(f) Except as provided by Subsection (g), Subsection (a) | ||
does not apply to a minor who reports the sexual assault of the | ||
minor or another person, or is the victim of a sexual assault | ||
reported by another person, to: | ||
(1) a health care provider treating the victim of the | ||
sexual assault; | ||
(2) an employee of a law enforcement agency, including | ||
an employee of a campus police department of an institution of | ||
higher education; or | ||
(3) the Title IX coordinator of an institution of | ||
higher education or another employee of the institution responsible | ||
for responding to reports of sexual assault. | ||
(g) A minor who commits a sexual assault that is reported | ||
under Subsection (f) is not entitled to raise the defense provided | ||
by Subsection (f) in the prosecution of the minor for an offense | ||
under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 106.05, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: | ||
(e) Except as provided by Subsection (f), Subsection (a) | ||
does not apply to a minor who reports the sexual assault of the | ||
minor or another person, or is the victim of a sexual assault | ||
reported by another person, to: | ||
(1) a health care provider treating the victim of the | ||
sexual assault; | ||
(2) an employee of a law enforcement agency, including | ||
an employee of a campus police department of an institution of | ||
higher education; or | ||
(3) the Title IX coordinator of an institution of | ||
higher education or another employee of the institution responsible | ||
for responding to reports of sexual assault. | ||
(f) A minor who commits a sexual assault that is reported | ||
under Subsection (e) is not entitled to raise the defense provided | ||
by Subsection (e) in the prosecution of the minor for an offense | ||
under this section. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | ||
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | ||
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | ||
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
before that date. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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