79R15530 E


By:  Giddings                                                     H.B. No. 3122

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3122:                                   

By:  Jones of Lubbock                                         C.S.H.B. No. 3122



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to prohibiting the sale or possession of a device that 
vaporizes alcoholic beverages for the purpose of inhalation; 
providing criminal penalties.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 101, Alcoholic Beverage 
Code, is amended by adding Section 101.76 to read as follows:
	Sec. 101.76.  ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE VAPORIZING DEVICES 
PROHIBITED.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person sells or 
possesses a device that vaporizes alcoholic beverages for the 
purpose of allowing the alcoholic beverages to be inhaled.
	(b)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.            
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.