1-1 By: Jackson S.B. No. 672
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 12, 2001; February 14, 2001,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
1-4 March 1, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; March 1, 2001,
1-6 sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 672 By: Jackson
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to national fraternal organizations that are exempt from
1-11 certain requirements of the Alcoholic Beverage Code.
1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13 SECTION 1. Subdivision (1), Subsection (a), Section 32.11,
1-14 Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-15 (1) "Fraternal organization" means:
1-16 (A) any chapter, aerie, parlor, lodge, or other
1-17 local unit of an American national fraternal organization or Texas
1-18 state fraternal organization that, as the owner, lessee, or
1-19 occupant, has operated an establishment for fraternal purposes for
1-20 at least one year. If an American national fraternal organization,
1-21 it must actively operate in not fewer than 31 states and have at
1-22 least 300 local units in those 31 states, and must have been in
1-23 active, continuous existence for at least 20 years. If a Texas
1-24 state fraternal organization, it must actively operate in at least
1-25 two counties of the state and have at least 10 local units in those
1-26 two counties, and must have been in active, continuous existence
1-27 for at least five years;
1-28 (B) a hall association or building association
1-29 of a local unit described in Paragraph (A), all the capital stock
1-30 of which is owned by the local unit or the members of the local
1-31 unit, and which operates the clubroom facilities of the local unit;
1-32 (C) a building association not owned by a local
1-33 unit described in Paragraph (A) but one that is composed wholly of
1-34 members appointed by a county commissioners court to administer,
1-35 manage, and control an exposition center containing an exhibition
1-36 area of not less than 100,000 square feet and an arena with not
1-37 less than 6,000 fixed seats, situated on property with an area of
1-38 not less than 50 acres that is owned, together with all buildings,
1-39 appurtenances, and parking areas, by a county; [or]
1-40 (D) a chapter or other local unit of an American
1-41 national fraternal organization that promotes physical fitness and
1-42 provides classes in athletics to children and that, as owner,
1-43 lessee, or occupant, has operated an establishment for fraternal
1-44 purposes for at least one year. The fraternal organization must:
1-45 (i) actively operate in not fewer than 12
1-46 states;
1-47 (ii) have at least six local units in this
1-48 state; and
1-49 (iii) have at least one unit in this state
1-50 that has been in active, continuous existence for at least 75
1-51 years; or
1-52 (E) a chapter, member, or other local unit of an
1-53 American national fraternal organization that promotes the moral,
1-54 educational, social, and recreational welfare of merchant seafarers
1-55 and that, as owner, lessee, or occupant, has operated an
1-56 establishment for such fraternal purposes for at least one year.
1-57 The fraternal organization must:
1-58 (i) actively operate in not fewer than 12
1-59 states;
1-60 (ii) have at least six local units in this
1-61 state; and
1-62 (iii) have at least one unit in this state
1-63 that has been in active, continuous existence for at least 15
1-64 years.
2-1 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-2 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-3 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-4 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-5 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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