SRC-MWN H.B. 492 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 492
By: Pickett (Shapleigh)
Business & Commerce
5/11/2001
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, persons participating in historical reenactments of the Old West
are not allowed to possess weapons of the time period on the premises of an
alcoholic beverage license or permit holder under the Texas Alcoholic
Beverage Code. H.B. 492 allows the possession of firearms on the premises
of an alcoholic beverage license or permit holder under the Texas Alcoholic
Beverage Code for the purposes of historical reenactments. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

Rulemaking authority is expressly granted to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage
Commission in SECTIONS 1 and 2 (Sections 11.61 and 61.71 Alcoholic Beverage
Code) and SECTION 5 of this bill.  

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

H.B. 492 amends the Alcoholic Beverage Code to require the Texas Alcoholic
Beverage Commission (TABC) to adopt rules not later than January 1, 2002,
to allow a historical reenactment on the premises of a permit holder. The
bill amends the Penal Code to provide exceptions to the unlawful carrying
of a handgun by a license holder who is a participant in a historical
reenactment performed in accordance with the rules of the Texas Alcoholic
Beverage Commission.  

Effective date: September 1, 2001. 
Makes application of this Act prospective.