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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages to customers of a |
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package store during certain hours. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 22, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 22.17 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 22.17. SALE TO CUSTOMER IN STORE AT CLOSING. |
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, if a customer has |
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entered a package store during hours in which the package store may |
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sell alcohol and is still in the store at the time the hours of legal |
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sale end, the permittee may allow the customer to remain in the |
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store for a reasonable amount of time to finish shopping, and the |
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permittee may sell an alcoholic beverage to that customer even |
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though the sale occurs after the designated end of the hours of |
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legal sale. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |