By: Turner, Cook (Senate Sponsor - Birdwell) H.B. No. 1825

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 12, 2023; April 18, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 16, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 1; May 16, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the consumption, possession, and sale of alcoholic beverages at certain performing arts facilities owned by certain school districts.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 11.179(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) The board of trustees of a school district may adopt a policy allowing the consumption, possession, and sale of an alcoholic beverage at an event held at a performing arts facility owned by the district if:

(1) the facility is leased to a nonprofit organization for an event not sponsored or sanctioned by the district; and

(2) the district is located in:

(A) a county:

(i) [(A)] that has a population of not more than 300,000; and

(ii) [(B)] in which a component university of the University of Houston System is located; or

(B) a county in which is located a facility described by Subdivision (1) within two miles of two or more stadiums with a capacity of at least 40,000 people.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

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