By Yarbrough, Gray H.B. No. 2491 76R10383 PAM-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the inspection of the premises of sexually oriented 1-3 businesses for a violation of law. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 243.008, Local Government Code, is 1-6 amended to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 243.008. INSPECTION. (a) A municipality or county may 1-8 inspect a sexually oriented business to determine compliance with 1-9 this chapter and regulations adopted under this chapter by the 1-10 municipality or county. 1-11 (b) By obtaining a permit or license under Section 243.007, 1-12 a sexually oriented business that permits the consumption of 1-13 alcoholic beverages on the premises consents to the entry by a 1-14 representative of the municipality or county issuing the permit or 1-15 license or by a peace officer for the purpose of inspecting the 1-16 premises for a violation of law. 1-17 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-22 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-23 passage, and it is so enacted.