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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the hours for public consumption of alcoholic |
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beverages. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 105.06(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended by amending Subdivision (2) and adding Subdivision (3) to |
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read as follows: |
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(2) "Public place" means a place to which the public or |
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a substantial group of the public has access and includes: |
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(A) a licensed or permitted premises; and |
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(B) a street, highway, or park or a common area of |
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a school, hospital, apartment, office building, transportation |
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facility, shop, restaurant, or nightclub. |
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(3) "Standard hours area" means an area which is not an |
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extended hours area. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 105.06(a-1), (b), and (c), Alcoholic |
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Beverage Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a-1) For the purposes of this section, the prohibition on |
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the consumption of alcoholic beverages during certain hours in a |
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public place applies to all public places regardless of whether the |
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public place is a licensed or permitted premises [is a public |
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place]. |
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(b) In a standard hours area, a person commits an offense if |
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the person [he] consumes or possesses with intent to consume an |
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alcoholic beverage in a public place at any time on Sunday between |
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1:15 a.m. and 12 noon or on any other day between 12:15 a.m. and 7 |
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a.m. |
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(c) In an extended hours area, a person commits an offense |
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if the person [he] consumes or possesses with intent to consume an |
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alcoholic beverage in a public place at any time on Sunday between |
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2:15 a.m. and 12 noon and on any other day between 2:15 a.m. and 7 |
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a.m. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Section 105.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to an offense committed on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. For the purposes of this |
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section, an offense is committed before the effective date of this |
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Act if any element of the offense occurs before that date. |
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(b) An offense committed before the effective date of this |
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Act is covered by the law in effect immediately before the effective |
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date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |