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Amend CSHB 7 by inserting the following appropriately
numbered SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill
appropriately:
SECTION ____. (a) Section 32.03, Alcoholic Beverage Code,
is amended by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
(k) A private club registration permit may not be issued to
or maintained by a club for a premises located in a dry county if the
club operates a sexually oriented business, as defined by Section
243.002, Local Government Code, on the premises.
(b) Section 32.03(k), Alcoholic Beverage Code, as added by
this section, applies only to an application for the issuance or
renewal of a private club registration permit filed on or after the
effective date of this section. An application filed before the
effective date of this section is governed by the law in effect
immediately before that date, and that law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, this
section takes effect immediately if this Act receives a vote of
two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by
Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not
receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this section takes
effect on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative
session.