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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the employment of persons under 18 years of age on the |
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premises of certain businesses selling or serving alcoholic |
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beverages; adding a provision that is subject to a criminal |
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penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 106.09, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by [in] Subsections (b), (c), [and] |
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(e), and (f) [of this section], no person may employ a person under |
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18 years of age to sell, prepare, serve, or otherwise handle liquor, |
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or to assist in doing so. |
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(f) The holder of a permit or license providing for the |
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on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages that derives less |
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than 50 percent of its gross receipts for the premises from the sale |
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or service of alcoholic beverages may employ a person under 18 years |
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of age to work as a cashier for transactions involving the sale of |
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alcoholic beverages if the alcoholic beverages are served by a |
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person 18 years of age or older. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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106.09, Alcoholic Beverage Code, applies only to an offense |
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committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense |
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committed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the |
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law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, |
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an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if |
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any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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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. |