Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 528 amends provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Code relating to the acquisition, possession, or use of alcohol by a minor to change a repeat offender's ineligibility for deferred adjudication to ineligibility for deferred disposition. The act establishes that a repeat offender who is not a child is not eligible to receive a deferral of final disposition on a subsequent alcohol offense. It requires a court to direct a minor who is placed on deferred disposition for certain offenses to attend an alcohol awareness program. The act establishes that a driver's license suspension takes effect on the 11th day after the date a minor is convicted for certain alcohol offenses.