By Alvarado                                            H.B. No. 106
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to creation of an offense involving presence of a minor on
 1-3     premises covered by certain alcoholic beverage permits or licenses.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Chapter 106, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended
 1-6     by adding Section 106.15 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 106.15.  PRESENCE OF MINOR ON LICENSED PREMISES.
 1-8     (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b):
 1-9                 (1)  a minor may not be on premises covered by a permit
1-10     or license issued under Chapter 25, 28, 29, 69, or 70; and
1-11                 (2)  the holder of a permit or license issued under
1-12     this code may not allow a minor to be on the premises covered by
1-13     the permit or license.
1-14           (b)  This section does not apply if:
1-15                 (1)  the minor at all times while on the premises is in
1-16     the presence of the minor's parent or adult spouse or an adult
1-17     person into whose custody a court has committed the minor;
1-18                 (2)  the business operated on the premises derives:
1-19                       (A)  65 percent or more of its gross revenues
1-20     from the sale of food and other goods, not including alcoholic
1-21     beverages; or
1-22                       (B)  50 percent or more of its gross revenues
1-23     from the sale of tickets to outdoor live performances; or
1-24                 (3)  the minor's presence is in the course of
 2-1     employment permitted under this code.
 2-2           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to the
 2-3     holder of a food and beverage certificate issued by the Texas
 2-4     Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
 2-5           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
 2-6           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
 2-7     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
 2-8     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
 2-9     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-10     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.