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79R869 AJA-D

By:  Corte                                                        H.B. No. 13 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to punishment for the sale of an alcoholic beverage to a 
minor.    
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.   Section 106.03, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to 
read as follows:
	(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), an [An] offense 
under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
	(d)  If a person has been previously convicted of an offense 
under this section or Section 101.63, an offense under this section 
is a state jail felony.
	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 purposes of this section, an offense is committed before 
the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs 
before that date.
	(b)  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.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.