By Uresti, Menendez                                   H.B. No. 2331
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to punishments for certain violations of alcoholic
 1-3     beverage law relating to minors.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Sections 106.13(a) and (b), Alcoholic Beverage
 1-6     Code, are amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  Except as provided in Subsections (b) and (c) of this
 1-8     section, the commission or administrator may cancel or suspend for
 1-9     not more than 90 [60] days a retail license or permit or a private
1-10     club registration permit if it is found, on notice and hearing,
1-11     that the licensee or permittee with criminal negligence sold,
1-12     served, dispensed, or delivered an alcoholic beverage to a minor or
1-13     with criminal negligence permitted a minor to violate Section
1-14     106.04 or 106.05 of this code on the licensed premises.
1-15           (b)  For a second offense the commission or administrator may
1-16     cancel the license or permit or suspend it for not more than six
1-17     [three] months.  For a third offense within a period of 36
1-18     consecutive months the commission or administrator may cancel the
1-19     permit or suspend it for not more than 12 months.
1-20           SECTION 2.  Section 106.06(c), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
1-21     amended to read as follows:
1-22           (c)  An offense under this section is a Class A [B]
1-23     misdemeanor.
1-24           SECTION 3. (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
 2-1           (b)  The change in law made by this Act applies only to an
 2-2     offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.  For
 2-3     purposes of this section, an offense is committed before the
 2-4     effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
 2-5     before that date.
 2-6           (c)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
 2-7     Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
 2-8     and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.