By Corte H.B. No. 270
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to punishment for the sale of an alcoholic beverage to a
1-3 minor.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 106.03(d), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (d) If a person has been previously convicted of a violation
1-8 of this section or Section 101.63 of this code, a violation is a
1-9 state jail felony [misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less
1-10 than $500 nor more than $1,000, by confinement in jail for not more
1-11 than one year, or by both].
1-12 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-13 The change in law made by this Act applies only to an offense
1-14 committed on or after the effective date of this Act. For purposes
1-15 of this section, an offense is committed before the effective date
1-16 of this Act if any element of the offense occurs before that date.
1-17 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-18 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-19 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-20 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.