Bill Text: TX SB235 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to consumption of alcoholic beverages in certain entertainment facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-28 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB235 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB235-Introduced.html
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| By: West | S.B. No. 235 | |
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| relating to consumption of alcoholic beverages in certain | ||
| entertainment facilities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 108.82, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 108.82. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONSUMPTION IN CERTAIN | ||
| PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES. (a) This section applies only | ||
| with respect to a public entertainment facility: | ||
| (1) that is a stadium: | ||
| (A) located in a county with a population of more | ||
| than 1.6 million; | ||
| (B) constructed not later than 1994; [ |
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| (C) with a seating capacity of at least 45,000; | ||
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| permits and licenses are held by a single independent | ||
| concessionaire; or | ||
| (2) that is an arena: | ||
| (A) located in a county with a population of 2.2 | ||
| million or more and that is adjacent to a county with a population | ||
| of more than 600,000; | ||
| (B) that opened in 2001; | ||
| (C) with a seating capacity of not more than | ||
| 22,000 on August 1, 2014; and | ||
| (D) for which alcoholic beverage permits and | ||
| licenses were held on the opening day of business. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding Section 28.10, a [ |
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| concessionaire for a public entertainment facility described by | ||
| Subsection (a) may allow a patron who possesses an alcoholic | ||
| beverage to enter or leave a licensed or permitted premises within | ||
| the facility if the alcoholic beverage: | ||
| (1) is in an open container, as defined by Section | ||
| 49.031, Penal Code; | ||
| (2) appears to be possessed for present consumption; | ||
| (3) remains within the confines of the facility, | ||
| excluding a parking lot; and | ||
| (4) was purchased legally at a licensed or permitted | ||
| premises within the facility. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
