By Hunter of Nueces H.B. No. 2680
74R7937 PAM-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the punishment for purchasing alcohol for, giving
1-3 alcohol to, or making alcohol available to a minor.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 106.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
1-6 amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 (c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a <A> violation of
1-9 this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than
1-10 $100 nor more than $500.
1-11 (d) If a person has been previously convicted of a violation
1-12 of this section or Section 106.03, a violation of this section is a
1-13 misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $500 nor more
1-14 than $1,000, by confinement in jail for not more than one year, or
1-15 by both.
1-16 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
1-17 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-18 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-19 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-20 before that date.
1-21 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-22 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-23 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-24 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.