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AN ACT
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relating to the hours during which a holder of a retail dealer's |
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on-premise late hours license may sell beer. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 70.01, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 70.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. The holder of a retail |
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dealer's on-premise late hours license may sell beer for |
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consumption on the premises on Sunday between the hours of 1:00 a.m. |
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and 2 a.m. and on any other day between the hours of 12 p.m. and 2 |
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a.m. if the premises covered by the license are in an area where the |
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sale of beer during those [the] hours is authorized under Section |
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105.05(c) or (d) [by this code]. |
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SECTION 2. The amendment by this Act of Section 70.01, |
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Alcoholic Beverage Code, is intended to clarify rather than change |
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existing law. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 540 passed the Senate on |
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April 9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 540 passed the House on |
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May 19, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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