Bill Text: TX SB861 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html
  83R9174 MCK-D
 
  By: Davis S.B. No. 861
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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.  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 to display a sign in a prominent place 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 2.  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 to display a sign in a prominent place 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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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