By Seaman                                              H.B. No. 333
         76R1362 CAG-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to county regulation of the possession of glass containers
 1-3     at a public park or beach; providing a criminal penalty.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 240, Local Government Code,
 1-6     is amended by adding Section 240.906 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 240.906.  COUNTY REGULATION OF GLASS CONTAINERS.  (a)
 1-8     The commissioners court of a county by order may prohibit, limit,
 1-9     or otherwise restrict the possession of glass containers at a park
1-10     or beach owned or controlled by the county in the unincorporated
1-11     area of the county.  The ordinance or order may not apply to
1-12     premises licensed or permitted by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage
1-13     Commission for on-premise consumption.
1-14           (b)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly
1-15     violates a prohibition, limit, or other restriction established by
1-16     an order of a commissioners court under this section.  An offense
1-17     under this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not
1-18     more than $50.
1-19           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
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.