83R8624 MCK-D
 
  By: Guillen H.B. No. 232
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 232:
 
  By:  Guillen C.S.H.B. No. 232
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to allowing certain minors convicted of certain alcohol
  offenses to perform community service instead of attending an
  alcohol awareness program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 106.115, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended by adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows:
         (b-1)  If the defendant resides in a county with a population
  of 25,000 or less and access to an alcohol awareness program is not
  readily available in the county or an adjacent county, the court may
  allow the defendant to take an online alcohol awareness program if
  the Department of State Health Services approves online courses or
  require the defendant to perform not less than eight hours of
  alcohol-related community service approved by the Department of
  State Health Services under Subsection (b-2) instead of attending
  the alcohol awareness program. Community service ordered under this
  subsection is in addition to community service ordered under
  Section 106.071(d).
         (b-2)  The Department of State Health Services shall create a
  list of alcohol-related community services in each county in the
  state to which a judge may sentence a defendant under Subsection
  (b-1).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.