Bill Text: TX SB861 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to requiring certain notices to be posted on the premises of certain alcoholic beverage retailers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-14 - Left pending in committee [SB861 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB861-Engrossed.html
By: Davis | S.B. No. 861 |
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relating to requiring certain notices to be posted on the premises | ||
of certain alcoholic beverage retailers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the Jeremy DeMarcus | ||
Price Act. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 11, Alcoholic Beverage | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 11.043 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 11.043. DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED PENALTIES SIGN. | ||
(a) The commission by rule shall require the holder of a permit | ||
authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises | ||
consumption who does not hold a food and beverage certificate for | ||
the premises to prominently display a sign inside each restroom on | ||
the permit holder's premises that informs the public of: | ||
(1) the criminal penalties for a conviction of the | ||
offense of driving while intoxicated; and | ||
(2) the average costs a person convicted of driving | ||
while intoxicated can expect to pay, including attorney's fees, | ||
criminal fines, court costs, bail, driver's license surcharges, and | ||
alcohol education course fees. | ||
(b) The commission's rules shall specify the size and | ||
graphic design, including font size and type, and the language of | ||
the sign. The rules may require the permit holder to display the | ||
sign in a language other than English if the commission determines | ||
that a substantial portion of the expected customers of the | ||
establishment speak a language other than English. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 61, Alcoholic Beverage | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 61.112 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 61.112. DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED PENALTIES SIGN. | ||
(a) The commission by rule shall require the holder of a license | ||
authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises | ||
consumption who does not hold a food and beverage certificate for | ||
the premises to prominently display a sign inside each restroom on | ||
the license holder's premises that informs the public of: | ||
(1) the criminal penalties for a conviction of the | ||
offense of driving while intoxicated; and | ||
(2) the average costs a person convicted of driving | ||
while intoxicated can expect to pay, including attorney's fees, | ||
criminal fines, court costs, bail, driver's license surcharges, and | ||
alcohol education course fees. | ||
(b) The commission's rules shall specify the size and | ||
graphic design, including font size and type, and the language of | ||
the sign. The rules may require the license holder to display the | ||
sign in a language other than English if the commission determines | ||
that a substantial portion of the expected customers of the | ||
establishment speak a language other than English. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |