By Lucio                                        S.B. No. 1305

      75R44 PAM-D                           

                                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.