By Christian                                          H.B. No. 2995
         77R9331 AJA-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to providing alcoholic beverages to a minor and providing
 1-3     minors with a place to consume alcoholic beverages; providing
 1-4     criminal penalties.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1. Section 106.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code, as
 1-7     amended by Chapters 437 and 934, Acts of the 73rd Legislature,
 1-8     Regular Session, 1993, is amended to read as follows:
 1-9           Sec. 106.06.  PURCHASE OF ALCOHOL FOR A MINOR; FURNISHING
1-10     ALCOHOL TO A MINOR. (a)  A [Except as provided in Subsection (b) of
1-11     this section, a] person commits an offense if the person [he]
1-12     purchases an alcoholic beverage for or gives or with criminal
1-13     negligence makes available an alcoholic beverage to a minor [with
1-14     criminal negligence].
1-15           (b)  [A person may purchase an alcoholic beverage for or give
1-16     an alcoholic beverage to a minor if he is the minor's adult parent,
1-17     guardian, or spouse, or an adult in whose custody the minor has
1-18     been committed by a court, and he is visibly present when the minor
1-19     possesses or consumes the alcoholic beverage.]
1-20           [(c)]  An offense under this section is a Class A [B]
1-21     misdemeanor.
1-22           SECTION 2.  Chapter 106, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended
1-23     by adding Section 106.061 to read as follows:
1-24           Sec. 106.061.  PROVIDING LOCATION FOR MINOR TO CONSUME
 2-1     ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person
 2-2     with criminal negligence provides a location for a minor to consume
 2-3     an alcoholic beverage.
 2-4           (b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
 2-5           SECTION 3.  (a)  Section 106.06, as amended by this Act,
 2-6     applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective date
 2-7     of this Act.  For purposes of this section, an offense is committed
 2-8     before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
 2-9     occurs before that date.
2-10           (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
2-11     Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
2-12     and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-13           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.