Amend HB 1357 (House engrossment) by adding the following new
section, appropriately numbered, and renumbering remaining
sections accordingly:
SECTION __. Section 11.641(c), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The commission may not take any action against or impose
any sanction or penalty on a permit or license holder [A civil
penalty], including cancellation of a permit, [may not be imposed]
on the basis of a criminal prosecution of an alleged agent, servant,
or employee of a permit or license holder for unlawful acts
conducted on the permit or license holder's premises in which the
alleged agent, servant, or employee of a permit or license holder
[defendant] was found not guilty, the criminal charges were
dismissed, or there has not been final adjudication.