By: Yarbrough H.B. No. 627 73R3401 DWS-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the local regulation of sound coming from premises 1-3 covered by certain alcoholic beverage permits or licenses. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 101.62, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 1-6 amended to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 101.62. OFFENSIVE NOISE ON PREMISES. (a) No licensee 1-8 or permittee, on premises under his control, may maintain or permit 1-9 a radio, television, amplifier, piano, phonograph, music machine, 1-10 orchestra, band, singer, speaker, entertainer, or other device or 1-11 person that produces, amplifies, or projects music or other sound 1-12 that is loud, vociferous, vulgar, indecent, lewd, or otherwise 1-13 offensive to persons on or near the licensed premises. 1-14 (b) The commissioners court of a county may enact 1-15 regulations applicable in areas in the county outside a 1-16 municipality, and the governing body of a municipality may enact 1-17 regulations applicable in the municipality, regulating the amount 1-18 of sound coming from a premises covered by a: 1-19 (1) private club registration permit; or 1-20 (2) permit or license that authorizes the sale of 1-21 alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption. 1-22 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-23 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.