By Sibley, et al. S.B. No. 55
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 55:
By Carter C.S.S.B. No. 55
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to providing an alcoholic beverage to a minor.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. The Alcoholic Beverage Code is amended by adding
1-5 a new Section 1.08 immediately after Section 1.07 to read as
1-6 follows:
1-7 Sec. 1.08. CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE DEFINED. For purposes of
1-8 this code, a person acts with criminal negligence if the person
1-9 acts with a mental state that would constitute criminal negligence
1-10 under Chapter 6, Penal Code, if the act were an offense.
1-11 SECTION 2. Section 61.71(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
1-12 amended to read as follows:
1-13 (a) The commission or administrator may suspend for not more
1-14 than 60 days or cancel an original or renewal retail dealer's on-
1-15 or off-premise license if it is found, after notice and hearing,
1-16 that the licensee:
1-17 (1) violated a provision of this code or a rule of the
1-18 commission during the existence of the license sought to be
1-19 cancelled or suspended or during the immediately preceding license
1-20 period;
1-21 (2) was finally convicted for violating a penal
1-22 provision of this code;
1-23 (3) was finally convicted of a felony while holding an
1-24 original or renewal license;
2-1 (4) made a false statement or a misrepresentation in
2-2 his original application or a renewal application;
2-3 (5) with criminal negligence <knowingly> sold, served,
2-4 or delivered beer to a minor;
2-5 (6) sold, served, or delivered beer to an intoxicated
2-6 person;
2-7 (7) sold, served, or delivered beer at a time when its
2-8 sale is prohibited;
2-9 (8) entered or offered to enter an agreement,
2-10 condition, or system which would constitute the sale or possession
2-11 of alcoholic beverages on consignment;
2-12 (9) possessed on the licensed premises, or on adjacent
2-13 premises directly or indirectly under his control, an alcoholic
2-14 beverage not authorized to be sold on the licensed premises, or
2-15 permitted an agent, servant, or employee to do so, except as
2-16 permitted by Section 22.06, 24.05, or 102.05 of this code;
2-17 (10) does not have at his licensed premises running
2-18 water, if it is available, and separate toilets for both sexes
2-19 which are properly identified;
2-20 (11) permitted a person on the licensed premises to
2-21 engage in conduct which is lewd, immoral, or offensive to public
2-22 decency;
2-23 (12) employed a person under 18 years of age to sell,
2-24 handle, or dispense beer, or to assist in doing so, in an
2-25 establishment where beer is sold for on-premises consumption;
2-26 (13) conspired with a person to violate Section
2-27 101.41-101.43, 101.68, 102.11-102.15, 104.04, 108.01, or
3-1 108.04-108.06 of this code, or a rule promulgated under Section
3-2 5.40 of this code, or accepted a benefit from an act prohibited by
3-3 any of these sections or rules;
3-4 (14) refused to permit or interfered with an
3-5 inspection of the licensed premises by an authorized representative
3-6 of the commission or a peace officer;
3-7 (15) permitted the use or display of his license in
3-8 the conduct of a business for the benefit of a person not
3-9 authorized by law to have an interest in the license;
3-10 (16) maintained blinds or barriers at his place of
3-11 business in violation of this code;
3-12 (17) conducted his business in a place or manner which
3-13 warrants the cancellation or suspension of the license based on the
3-14 general welfare, health, peace, morals, safety, and sense of
3-15 decency of the people;
3-16 (18) consumed an alcoholic beverage or permitted one
3-17 to be consumed on the licensed premises at a time when the
3-18 consumption of alcoholic beverages is prohibited by this code;
3-19 (19) purchased beer for the purpose of resale from a
3-20 person other than the holder of a manufacturer's or distributor's
3-21 license;
3-22 (20) acquired an alcoholic beverage for the purpose of
3-23 resale from another retail dealer of alcoholic beverages;
3-24 (21) owned an interest of any kind in the business or
3-25 premises of the holder of a distributor's license;
3-26 (22) purchased, sold, offered for sale, distributed,
3-27 or delivered an alcoholic beverage, or consumed an alcoholic
4-1 beverage or permitted one to be consumed on the licensed premises
4-2 while his license was under suspension;
4-3 (23) purchased, possessed, stored, sold, or offered
4-4 for sale beer in or from an original package bearing a brand or
4-5 trade name of a manufacturer other than the brand or trade name
4-6 shown on the container;
4-7 (24) habitually uses alcoholic beverages to excess, is
4-8 mentally incompetent, or is physically unable to manage his
4-9 establishment;
4-10 (25) imported beer into this state except as
4-11 authorized by Section 107.07 of this code;
4-12 (26) occupied premises in which the holder of a
4-13 manufacturer's or distributor's license had an interest of any
4-14 kind;
4-15 (27) knowingly permitted a person who had an interest
4-16 in a permit or license which was cancelled for cause to sell,
4-17 handle, or assist in selling or handling alcoholic beverages on the
4-18 licensed premises within one year after the cancellation;
4-19 (28) was financially interested in a place of business
4-20 engaged in the selling of distilled spirits or permitted a person
4-21 having an interest in that type of business to have a financial
4-22 interest in the business authorized by his license, except as
4-23 permitted by Section 22.06, 24.05, or 102.05 of this code;
4-24 (29) is residentially domiciled with or related to a
4-25 person engaged in selling distilled spirits, except as permitted by
4-26 Section 22.06, 24.05, or 102.05 of this code, so that there is a
4-27 community of interests which the commission or administrator finds
5-1 contrary to the purposes of this code; or
5-2 (30) is residentially domiciled with or related to a
5-3 person whose license has been cancelled within the preceding 12
5-4 months so that there is a community of interests which the
5-5 commission or administrator finds contrary to the purposes of this
5-6 code.
5-7 SECTION 3. Section 61.74(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
5-8 amended to read as follows:
5-9 (a) The commission or administrator may suspend for not more
5-10 than 60 days or cancel an original or renewal general, local, or
5-11 branch distributor's license if it is found, after notice and
5-12 hearing, that the licensee:
5-13 (1) violated a provision of this code or a rule of the
5-14 commission during the existence of the license sought to be
5-15 cancelled or suspended or during the immediately preceding license
5-16 period;
5-17 (2) was finally convicted for violating a penal
5-18 provision of this code;
5-19 (3) was finally convicted of a felony while holding an
5-20 original or renewal license;
5-21 (4) violated Section 101.41-101.43, 101.68,
5-22 102.11-102.15, 104.04, 108.01, or 108.04-108.06 of this code, or a
5-23 rule or regulation promulgated under Section 5.40 of this code;
5-24 (5) failed to comply with a requirement of the
5-25 commission relating to the keeping of records or making of reports;
5-26 (6) failed to pay any tax due the state on any beer he
5-27 sold, stored, or transported;
6-1 (7) refused to permit or interfered with an inspection
6-2 of his licensed premises, vehicles, books, or records by an
6-3 authorized representative of the commission;
6-4 (8) consummated a sale of beer outside the county or
6-5 counties in which he was authorized to sell beer by his license;
6-6 (9) purchased, sold, offered for sale, distributed, or
6-7 delivered beer while his license was under suspension;
6-8 (10) permitted the use of his license in the operation
6-9 of a business conducted for the benefit of a person not authorized
6-10 by law to have an interest in the business;
6-11 (11) made a false or misleading representation or
6-12 statement in his original application or a renewal application;
6-13 (12) habitually uses alcoholic beverages to excess, is
6-14 mentally incompetent, or is physically unable to manage his
6-15 establishment;
6-16 (13) misrepresented any beer sold by him to a retailer
6-17 or to the public;
6-18 (14) with criminal negligence <knowingly> sold or
6-19 delivered beer to a minor; or
6-20 (15) purchased, possessed, stored, sold, or offered
6-21 for sale beer in an original package bearing a brand or trade name
6-22 of a manufacturer other than the brand or trade name of the
6-23 manufacturer shown on the container.
6-24 SECTION 4. Section 106.06(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
6-25 amended to read as follows:
6-26 (a) Except as provided in Subsection (b) of this section, a
6-27 person commits an offense if he purchases an alcoholic beverage for
7-1 or gives or <knowingly> makes available an alcoholic beverage to a
7-2 minor with criminal negligence.
7-3 SECTION 5. Section 106.13(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
7-4 amended to read as follows:
7-5 (a) Except as provided in Subsections (b) and (c) of this
7-6 section, the commission or administrator may cancel or suspend for
7-7 not more than 60 days a retail license or permit or a private club
7-8 registration permit if it is found, on notice and hearing, that the
7-9 licensee or permittee with criminal negligence <knowingly> sold,
7-10 served, dispensed, or delivered an alcoholic beverage to a minor in
7-11 violation of this code or with criminal negligence <knowingly>
7-12 permitted a minor to violate Section 106.04 or 106.05 of this code
7-13 on the licensed premises.
7-14 SECTION 6. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
7-15 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to an
7-16 offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. For
7-17 purposes of this section, an offense is committed before the
7-18 effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
7-19 before that date.
7-20 (c) An offense committed before the effective date of this
7-21 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed
7-22 and the former law is continued in effect for this purpose.
7-23 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the
7-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
7-25 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
7-26 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
7-27 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.