Bill Text: TX HB3592 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to exempting certain licensees and permittees from the food service requirements of a food and beverage certificate issued under the Alcoholic Beverage Code.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-19 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB3592 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3592-Introduced.html
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| By: Alonzo | H.B. No. 3592 | |
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| relating to exempting certain licensees and permittees from the | ||
| food service requirements of a food and beverage certificate issued | ||
| under the Alcoholic Beverage Code. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 25.13(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) An applicant or holder of a food and beverage | ||
| certificate shall have food service facilities for the preparation | ||
| and service of multiple entrees. The commission shall adopt rules | ||
| as necessary to assure that the holder of a food and beverage | ||
| certificate maintains food service as the primary business on the | ||
| premises for which a food and beverage certificate has been issued. | ||
| The commission may exempt permittees who are concessionaires in | ||
| public entertainment venues such as sports stadiums and convention | ||
| centers from the requirement that food service be the primary | ||
| business on the premises. The commission may exempt the holder of a | ||
| brewpub license who sells alcoholic beverages manufactured only on | ||
| the brewpub's premises from: | ||
| (1) the requirement that the license holder have food | ||
| service facilities for the preparation and service of multiple | ||
| entrees; | ||
| (2) the requirement that food service be the primary | ||
| business on the premises; or | ||
| (3) any other requirement relating to food service. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 69.16(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) An applicant or holder of a food and beverage | ||
| certificate shall have food service facilities for the preparation | ||
| and service of multiple entrees. The commission shall adopt rules | ||
| as necessary to assure that the holder of a food and beverage | ||
| certificate maintains food service as the primary business on the | ||
| premises for which a food and beverage certificate has been issued. | ||
| The commission may exempt permittees who are concessionaires in | ||
| public entertainment venues such as sports stadiums and convention | ||
| centers from the requirement that food service be the primary | ||
| business on the premises. The commission may exempt the holder of a | ||
| brewpub license who sells alcoholic beverages manufactured only on | ||
| the brewpub's premises from: | ||
| (1) the requirement that the license holder have food | ||
| service facilities for the preparation and service of multiple | ||
| entrees; | ||
| (2) the requirement that food service be the primary | ||
| business on the premises; or | ||
| (3) any other requirement relating to food service. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2016. | ||
