87R757 JAM-F     By: Blanco S.B. No. 1067       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the hours for public consumption of alcoholic   beverages.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 105.06(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is   amended by amending Subdivision (2) and adding Subdivision (3) to   read as follows:                (2)  "Public place" means a place to which the public or   a substantial group of the public has access and includes:                      (A)  a licensed or permitted premises; and                      (B)  a street, highway, or park or a common area of   a school, hospital, apartment, office building, transportation   facility, shop, restaurant, or nightclub.                (3)  "Standard hours area" means an area which is not an   extended hours area.          SECTION 2.  Sections 105.06(a-1), (b), and (c), Alcoholic   Beverage Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a-1)  For the purposes of this section, the prohibition on   the consumption of alcoholic beverages during certain hours in a   public place applies to all public places regardless of whether the   public place is a licensed or permitted premises [is a public   place].          (b)  In a standard hours area, a person commits an offense if   the person [he] consumes or possesses with intent to consume an   alcoholic beverage in a public place at any time on Sunday between   1:15 a.m. and 12 noon or on any other day between 12:15 a.m. and 7   a.m.          (c)  In an extended hours area, a person commits an offense   if the person [he] consumes or possesses with intent to consume an   alcoholic beverage in a public place at any time on Sunday between   2:15 a.m. and 12 noon and on any other day between 2:15 a.m. and 7   a.m.          SECTION 3.  (a)  Section 105.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code, as   amended by this Act, applies only to an offense committed on or   after the effective date of this Act. For the purposes of this   section, an offense is committed before the effective date of this   Act if any element of the offense occurs before that date.          (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this   Act is covered by the law in effect immediately before the effective   date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that   purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.