1-1     By:  Pickett (Senate Sponsor - Shapleigh)             H.B. No. 2861

 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 1997;

 1-3     May 6, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on State

 1-4     Affairs; May 18, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote:

 1-5     Yeas 13, Nays 0; May 18, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-7                                   AN ACT

 1-8     relating to sanctions against retail sellers of alcoholic beverages

 1-9     for violations relating to minors.

1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-11           SECTION 1.  Section 106.13(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is

1-12     amended to read as follows:

1-13           (a)  Except as provided in Subsections (b) and (c) of this

1-14     section, the commission or administrator may cancel or suspend for

1-15     not more than 60 days a retail license or permit or a private club

1-16     registration permit if it is found, on notice and hearing, that the

1-17     licensee or permittee with criminal negligence sold, served,

1-18     dispensed, or delivered an alcoholic beverage to a minor [in

1-19     violation of this code] or with criminal negligence permitted a

1-20     minor to violate Section 106.04 or 106.05 of this code on the

1-21     licensed premises.

1-22           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to all

1-23     retail licenses and permits, private club registration permits, and

1-24     food and beverage certificates issued by the Texas Alcoholic

1-25     Beverage Commission.

1-26           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

1-27           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-28     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-29     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-30     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-31     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

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