1-1 By: Kubiak, Kamel (Senate Sponsor - Gallegos) H.B. No. 1233
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 1997;
1-3 April 16, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Criminal Justice; May 16, 1997, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 16, 1997, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the offense of furnishing alcohol to a minor.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Section 106.06(c), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
1-11 amended to read as follows:
1-12 (c) A violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor
1-13 [punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500].
1-14 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-15 The change in law made by this Act applies only to an offense
1-16 committed on or after the effective date of this Act. For purposes
1-17 of this section, an offense is committed before the effective date
1-18 of this Act if any element of the offense occurs before that date.
1-19 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-20 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-21 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-22 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-25 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-26 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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