H.B. No. 893
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to consumption of alcoholic beverages in certain public
  entertainment facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 108, Alcoholic Beverage
  Code, is amended by adding Section 108.82 to read as follows:
         Sec. 108.82.  ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONSUMPTION IN CERTAIN
  PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES. (a) This section applies only with
  respect to a public entertainment facility:
               (1)  that is a stadium:
                     (A)  located in a county with a population of more
  than 1.6 million;
                     (B)  constructed not later than 1994; and
                     (C)  with a seating capacity of at least 45,000;
  and
               (2)  for which all alcoholic beverage permits and
  licenses are held by a single independent concessionaire.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Section 28.10, the independent
  concessionaire for a public entertainment facility described by
  Subsection (a) may allow a patron who possesses an alcoholic
  beverage to enter or leave a licensed or permitted premises within
  the facility if the alcoholic beverage:
               (1)  is in an open container, as defined by Section
  49.031, Penal Code;
               (2)  appears to be possessed for present consumption;
               (3)  remains within the confines of the facility,
  excluding a parking lot; and
               (4)  was purchased legally at a licensed or permitted
  premises within the facility.
         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.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 893 was passed by the House on April
  11, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 893 on May 6, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1
  present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 893 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 2, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor