88R20883 MPF-F
 
  By: Ortega, Patterson, Harless, H.B. No. 115
      A. Johnson of Harris, Gamez, et al.
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 115:
 
  By:  King of Uvalde C.S.H.B. No. 115
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the offense of public consumption of alcoholic
  beverages during certain hours.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 105.06(a-1), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a-1)  For the purposes of this section, a [licensed or
  permitted premises is a] public place includes:
               (1)  a licensed or permitted premises; and
               (2)  a premises that:
                     (A)  is not licensed or permitted under this code;
  and
                     (B)  is a public place as defined by Section 1.07,
  Penal Code.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  Section 105.06(a-1), Alcoholic Beverage
  Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to an offense committed
  on or after the effective date of this Act.  For the purposes of this
  section, an offense is committed before the effective date of this
  Act if any element of the offense occurs before that date.
         (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
  Act is covered by the law in effect immediately before the effective
  date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.