By:  Harris                                           S.B. No. 1617

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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

                                       AN ACT

 1-1     relating to the prohibition of minors on premises where alcoholic

 1-2     beverages are sold.

 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-4           SECTION 1.  Chapter 106, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended

 1-5     by adding Section 106.021 to read as follows:

 1-6           Sec. 106.021.  Prohibition of a Minor on the premises of a

 1-7     licensee or permittee

 1-8           (a)  Except as provided in Subsection (b) of this section, a

 1-9     minor commits an offense if he is on the premises of a licensee or

1-10     permittee whose annual alcohol sales are in excess of 75 percent of

1-11     the gross receipts of the premises.

1-12           (b)  A minor may be on the premises of a licensee or

1-13     permittee if:

1-14                 (1)  the minor is an employee of the licensee or

1-15     permittee and the employment is not prohibited by this code; or

1-16                 (2)  the minor is in the presence of an adult parent,

1-17     guardian, or adult spouse, or other adult to whom he has been

1-18     committed by a court.

1-19           (c)  Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a

1-20     violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

1-21           (d)  If a person has been previously convicted of a violation

 2-1     of this section or Sections 106.04 or 106.05 of this code, a

 2-2     violation is a Class B misdemeanor except that no jail sentence may

 2-3     be imposed for this violation.

 2-4           SECTION 2.  The importance of this legislation and the

 2-5     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 2-6     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

 2-7     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

 2-8     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,

 2-9     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its

2-10     passage, and it is so enacted.