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  H.B. No. 601
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the premises covered by mixed beverage permits for
  certain county-owned facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 28, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended
  by adding Section 28.135 to read as follows:
         Sec. 28.135.  DESIGNATION OF LICENSED PREMISES FOR PERMITS
  COVERING CERTAIN COUNTY-OWNED FACILITIES. (a) This section
  applies only to a facility that is:
               (1)  partially located in a municipality that:
                     (A)  has a population of less than 40,000; and 
                     (B)  is located in a county with a population less
  than 70,000; and
               (2)  a county-owned civic center that consists of
  adjacent buildings not all of which are located in the municipality
  described by Subdivision (1).
         (b)  Notwithstanding any other law, all buildings comprising
  a facility described by Subsection (a) may be designated as and
  considered the licensed premises for purposes of a mixed beverage
  permit covering the facility.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 601 was passed by the House on April
  16, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 601 was passed by the Senate on May
  15, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor