Honorable Bryan Hughes, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB287 by Miles (Relating to prohibiting the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises of certain sexually oriented businesses; creating a criminal offense; providing a criminal penalty.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would create a Class A misdemeanor offense, committed when the operator of a sexually oriented business, who does not hold an alcohol permit or license, or that operator's agent, allows a person to bring, possess for the purpose of consumption, or consume alcoholic beverages on the business's premises. The offense would be punishable as a state jail felony for a second conviction, and as a third degree felony if it is shown that the person has been previously convicted two or more times.
It is assumed that any fiscal impact and any impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources would not be significant.
Local Government Impact
It is assumed that any fiscal impact to units of local government associated with enforcement, prosecution, supervision, or confinement would not be significant.
Source Agencies:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 458 Alcoholic Beverage Commission