78R4853 MCK-F


By:  Hamilton                                                     H.B. No. 1056



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the employment of a minor in certain establishments 
that serve alcoholic beverages.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 106.09, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 
amended by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection 
(e) to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided in Subsections (b), [and] (c), and 
(e) of this section, no person may employ a person under 18 years of 
age to sell, prepare, serve, or otherwise handle liquor, or to 
assist in doing so.
	(c)  A holder of a [mixed beverage] permit or license 
providing for the on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages
may employ a person under 18 years of age to work in any capacity 
other than the actual selling, preparing, or serving of alcoholic
[mixed] beverages.
	(e)  The holder of a permit or license providing for the 
on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages who also holds a 
food and beverage certificate may employ a person under 18 years of 
age to work as a cashier for transactions involving the sale of 
alcoholic beverages if the alcoholic beverages are served by a 
person 18 years of age or older.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                      
	(b)  The change in law made by this Act to Section 106.09, 
Alcoholic Beverage Code, applies only to an offense committed on or 
after the effective date of this Act.  An offense committed before 
the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when 
the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect 
for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was 
committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of 
the offense occurred before that date.