By Yarbrough H.B. No. 1784 74R6423 CAG-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the possession or consumption of an alcoholic beverage 1-3 on the premises of a sexually oriented business that does not have 1-4 an alcoholic beverage permit or license; providing a criminal 1-5 penalty. 1-6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-7 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 109, Alcoholic Beverage 1-8 Code, is amended by adding Section 109.61 to read as follows: 1-9 Sec. 109.61. CONSUMPTION OR POSSESSION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE 1-10 ON CERTAIN PREMISES PROHIBITED. (a) A person may not possess or 1-11 consume an alcoholic beverage on the premises of a building or a 1-12 business that: 1-13 (1) is not licensed or permitted under this code; and 1-14 (2) is used in the operation of a sexually oriented 1-15 business. 1-16 (b) A person commits an offense if the person violates 1-17 Subsection (a). An offense under this section is a Class C 1-18 misdemeanor. 1-19 (c) In this section, "sexually oriented business" has the 1-20 meaning assigned by Section 243.002, Local Government Code. 1-21 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-2 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-3 passage, and it is so enacted.