H.B. No. 1114
AN ACT
relating to the criminal offense of selling an alcoholic beverage
to certain persons.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 101.63(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A person commits an offense if the person with criminal
negligence [he knowingly] sells an alcoholic beverage to an
habitual drunkard or an intoxicated or insane person.
SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
Act. For the purposes of this section, an offense is committed
before the effective date if any element of the offense occurs
before that date.
(b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1114 was passed by the House on May
16, 2003, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1114 was passed by the Senate on May
28, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor