By Turner of Harris                                    H.B. No. 563
       74R3188 CAG-D
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to creation of an offense involving presence of a minor on
    1-3  premises 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.  Chapter 106, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended
    1-6  by adding Section 106.15 to read as follows:
    1-7        Sec. 106.15.  PRESENCE OF MINOR ON LICENSED PREMISES.
    1-8  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b):
    1-9              (1)  a minor may not be on premises covered by a permit
   1-10  or license issued under Chapter 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 69, 70,
   1-11  or 74; and
   1-12              (2)  the holder of a permit or license issued under
   1-13  this code may not allow a minor to be on the premises covered by
   1-14  the permit or license.
   1-15        (b)  This section does not apply if:
   1-16              (1)  the business operated on the premises derives:
   1-17                    (A)  50 percent or more of its gross revenues
   1-18  from the sale of food, gasoline, and other goods, not including
   1-19  alcoholic beverages or tickets to live performances; or
   1-20                    (B)  50 percent or more of its gross revenues
   1-21  from the sale of tickets to live performances; or
   1-22              (2)  the minor's presence is in the course of
   1-23  employment permitted under this code.
   1-24        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
    2-1        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
    2-2  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
    2-3  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
    2-4  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
    2-5  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.