By Seaman                                             H.B. No. 2907
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the consumption of alcoholic beverages by certain
 1-3     individuals.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 106.04(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (b)  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this
 1-8     section that the alcoholic beverage was consumed:
 1-9                 (1)  in the minor's home; and
1-10                 (2)  in the visible presence of the minor's adult
1-11     parent, guardian, or spouse.
1-12           SECTION 2.  Section 106.06(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
1-13     amended to read as follows:
1-14           (b)  A person may purchase an alcoholic beverage for or give
1-15     an alcoholic beverage to a minor if:
1-16                 (1)  the person purchasing the beverage [he] is the
1-17     minor's adult parent, guardian, or spouse, or an adult in whose
1-18     custody the minor has been committed by a court;
1-19                 (2)  the person[, and he] is visibly present when the
1-20     minor possesses or consumes the alcoholic beverage; and
1-21                 (3)  the alcoholic beverage is consumed in the minor's
1-22     home.
1-23           SECTION 3.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and
1-24     applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective date
 2-1     of this Act.  For purposes of this section, an offense is committed
 2-2     before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
 2-3     occurs before that date.
 2-4           (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
 2-5     Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
 2-6     and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
 2-7           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
 2-8     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
 2-9     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-10     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-11     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.