By:  Moreno of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Gallegos)                 H.B. No. 1114
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 19, 2003; 
May 20, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal 
Justice; May 23, 2003, reported favorably by the following vote:  
Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 23, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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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