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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the hours for selling alcoholic beverages in certain |
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establishments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 3, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 29A to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 29A. ALL-NIGHT HOTEL MIXED BEVERAGE PERMIT |
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Sec. 29A.01. ELIGIBILITY FOR PERMIT. The commission or the |
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administrator may issue an all-night hotel mixed beverage permit |
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only to the holder of a mixed beverage permit whose premises are |
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located in a hotel that has 100 or more guest rooms and provides |
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regular food service to hotel guests. |
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Sec. 29A.02. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. (a) The holder of an |
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all-night hotel mixed beverage permit may sell mixed beverages only |
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to a registered guest of the hotel on Sunday between the hours of 1 |
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a.m. and 12 noon and on any other day between the hours of midnight |
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and 7 a.m. |
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(b) A hotel guest may not pay, in any manner other than as |
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required by this subsection, for mixed beverages served to the |
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hotel guest at a time when the service of alcoholic beverages is |
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restricted to only hotel guests. The permit holder shall bill the |
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charge for the mixed beverages to the hotel guest's account, and the |
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guest shall pay the charge along with other hotel charges, |
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including the charge for using the hotel room, when the hotel guest |
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ends the guest's stay at the hotel. The hotel shall make its |
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records available for inspection at the request of the commission. |
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Sec. 29A.03. FEE. The annual state fee for an all-night |
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hotel mixed beverage permit is $1,000. |
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Sec. 29A.04. APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS REGULATING MIXED |
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BEVERAGE PERMITS. All provisions of this code that apply to a mixed |
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beverage permit also apply to an all-night hotel mixed beverage |
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permit. |
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SECTION 2. Section 105.03, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) The holder of an all-night hotel mixed beverage permit |
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may sell mixed beverages to a registered guest of the hotel only |
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between the hours of midnight and 7 a.m. on any day except Sunday. |
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On Sunday the permit holder may sell mixed beverages to a registered |
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guest of the hotel only between the hours of 1 a.m. and 12 noon. |
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SECTION 3. Section 105.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection |
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(f) to read as follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (f), in [In] a standard |
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hours area, a person commits an offense if the person [he] consumes |
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or possesses with intent to consume an alcoholic beverage in a |
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public place at any time on Sunday between 1:15 a. m. and 12 noon or |
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on any other day between 12:15 a. m. and 7 a. m. |
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(c) Except as provided by Subsection (f), in [In] an |
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extended hours area, a person commits an offense if the person [he] |
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consumes or possesses with intent to consume an alcoholic beverage |
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in a public place at any time on Sunday between 2:15 a. m. and 12 |
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noon and on any other day between 2:15 a. m. and 7 a. m. |
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(f) A person who is a registered guest of a hotel may consume |
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or possess alcoholic beverages in the hotel bar on Sunday between |
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the hours of 1 a.m. and 12 noon and on any other day between the |
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hours of midnight and 7 a.m. if the hotel bar holds an all-night |
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hotel mixed beverage permit. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |