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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the definition of a public entertainment facility for |
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purposes of certain alcoholic beverage-related activities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 108.73(2), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(2) "Public entertainment facility" means an arena, |
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stadium, automobile race track, amphitheater, auditorium, theater, |
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civic center, convention center, or similar facility that is |
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primarily designed and used for live artistic, theatrical, |
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cultural, educational, charitable, musical, sporting, nationally |
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sanctioned automobile racing, or entertainment events and includes |
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parking areas that are adjacent to the facility. The term includes |
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a facility that is part of an approved venue project, including the |
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venue and related infrastructure, as those terms are defined by |
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Section 334.001, Local Government Code. The term does not include a |
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facility the primary purpose of which is the sale of food or |
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alcoholic beverages, including a bar, nightclub, restaurant, |
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hotel, bowling alley, pool hall, or dance hall, or a facility that |
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derives 75 percent or more of the facility's annual gross revenue |
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from the on-premise sale of alcoholic beverages, except for a |
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facility that is part of an approved venue project, including the |
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venue and related infrastructure, as those terms are defined by |
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Section 334.001, Local Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2019. |