By Longoria H.B. No. 1824 75R4341 PAM-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to regulating the number of drinks containing an alcoholic 1-3 beverage that may be served to a person by the holder of an 1-4 alcoholic beverage permit or license; providing a penalty. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 101, Alcoholic Beverage 1-7 Code, is amended by adding Section 101.76 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 101.76. LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF DRINKS SERVED. (a) 1-9 The holder of a permit or license that authorizes the holder to 1-10 serve alcoholic beverages may not serve more than two drinks 1-11 containing any alcoholic beverage to a person during each one-hour 1-12 period. The commission by rule may determine the maximum amount of 1-13 alcohol that may be in a drink containing any alcoholic beverage 1-14 served under this section. 1-15 (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a violation of 1-16 this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than 1-17 $100 or more than $500, by confinement in jail for not more than 1-18 one year, or by both. 1-19 (c) If a person has been previously convicted of a violation 1-20 of this section, a violation is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine 1-21 of not less than $500 or more than $1,000, by confinement in jail 1-22 for not more than one year, or by both. 1-23 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 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.