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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages from |
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certain automated dispensing machines. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 11, Alcoholic Beverage |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 11.14 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.14. AUTOMATED DISPENSING MACHINES. (a) In this |
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section: |
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(1) "Identification card" means a card issued by a |
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governmental agency that contains a person's name and a physical |
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description and photograph of the person, including a driver's |
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license or identification card issued by this state or another |
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state, a passport, or a military identification card. |
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(2) "Payment card" means a credit card, debit card, |
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check card, or other card that is issued to an authorized user to |
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purchase or obtain goods, services, money, or any other thing of |
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value. |
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(b) A permittee authorized to sell alcoholic beverages for |
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on-premises consumption may use an automated machine that, on |
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activation of a payment card by the permittee, may be operated to |
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dispense the alcoholic beverages. |
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(c) Only the following persons may dispense alcoholic |
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beverages from an automated machine authorized by this section: |
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(1) an employee of the permittee who is authorized to |
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serve alcoholic beverages; or |
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(2) subject to Subsection (d), a person whom the |
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permittee has verified to be 21 years of age or older using an |
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identification card that matches the name on the payment card. |
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(d) A verification that a person is 21 years of age or older |
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under Subsection (c)(2) must be recorded by the permittee in a |
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database and tied to the payment card before the person may dispense |
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alcoholic beverages from the automated machine. |
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(e) An automated machine authorized by this section may not |
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dispense a serving of more than 32 ounces of beer, 10 ounces of |
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wine, or 3 ounces of liquor without the payment card being |
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reactivated by the permittee. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.09, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.09. COIN-OPERATED MACHINES PROHIBITED. Except as |
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provided by Section 11.14, nothing [Nothing] in this chapter shall |
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be construed as authorizing nor may the commission or administrator |
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authorize the sale of any alcoholic beverage from a coin-operated |
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machine or similar device operated by the consumer that does not |
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require the verification and recordation of the consumer's age and |
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activation of a payment card prior to operation. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |