88R18447 JTZ-D     By: Turner, Cook H.B. No. 1825       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the consumption, possession, and sale of alcoholic   beverages at certain performing arts facilities owned by certain   school districts.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 11.179(a), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  The board of trustees of a school district may adopt a   policy allowing the consumption, possession, and sale of an   alcoholic beverage at an event held at a performing arts facility   owned by the district if:                (1)  the facility is leased to a nonprofit organization   for an event not sponsored or sanctioned by the district; and                (2)  the district is located in:                      (A)  a county:                            (i) [(A)]  that has a population of not more   than 300,000; and                            (ii) [(B)] in which a component university   of the University of Houston System is located; or                      (B)  a county in which is located a facility   described by Subdivision (1) within two miles of two or more   stadiums with a capacity of at least 40,000 people.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.