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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to making a false statement or false representation in |
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certain documents filed with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage |
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Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 101.69, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 101.69. FALSE STATEMENT. Except as provided in |
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Section 103.05(d), a person who knowingly makes a false statement |
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or false representation in an application for a permit or license or |
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in a statement, report, or other instrument to be filed with the |
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commission and required to be sworn commits an offense punishable |
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by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not |
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less than 2 nor more than 10 years. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |