84R475 JAM-D
 
  By: Alonzo H.B. No. 3592
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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.