By: Raymond (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2035
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
  May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
  and Commerce; May 20, 2015, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 20, 2015, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to regulation by certain alcohol-related businesses based
  on the amount of alcohol sold.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 109.57(d), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  This section does not affect the authority of a
  governmental entity to regulate, in a manner as otherwise permitted
  by law, the location of:
               (1)  a massage parlor, nude modeling studio, or other
  sexually oriented business; [or]
               (2)  an establishment that derives 75 percent or more
  of the establishment's gross revenue from the on-premise sale of
  alcoholic beverages; or
               (3)  an establishment that:
                     (A)  derives 50 percent or more of the
  establishment's gross revenue from the on-premise sale of alcoholic
  beverages; and
                     (B)  is located in a municipality or county, any
  portion of which is located not more than 50 miles from an
  international border.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
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