By Uresti                                             H.B. No. 2330
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the punishment for certain offenses for providing an
 1-3     alcoholic beverage to a minor.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 106.06(c), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (c)  An offense under this section is a Class A [B]
 1-8     misdemeanor.
 1-9           SECTION 2. (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-10           (b)  The change in law made by this Act applies only to an
1-11     offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.  For
1-12     purposes of this section, an offense is committed before the
1-13     effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-14     before that date.
1-15           (c)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-16     Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-17     and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.