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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting persons under the |
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legal drinking age from being employed by or entering a liquor |
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store. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 20, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: |
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(e) A person who sells or is authorized to sell distilled |
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spirits to consumers for off-premises consumption may not: |
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(1) knowingly utilize or employ any person younger |
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than the legal drinking age to work on a premises where distilled |
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spirits are stored, sold, or transported; or |
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(2) knowingly allow a person younger than the legal |
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drinking age to enter or remain upon a premises where distilled |
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spirits are stored, sold, or transported unless that person is |
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accompanied at all times by that person's parent, legal guardian, |
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or spouse who is of the legal drinking age. |
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(f) Subsection (e) does not prohibit the use or employment |
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of a person by the person's parent, legal guardian, or spouse who is |
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of the legal drinking age to work in a business owned by the parent, |
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legal guardian, or spouse or the presence of a person on the |
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premises of a business owned by the person's parent, legal |
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guardian, or spouse who is of the legal drinking age. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013. |
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The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting persons |
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under the legal drinking age from being employed by or entering a |
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liquor store." |