87(R) HB 3520 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text
  87R2995 JAM-F
 
  By:  Hunter, Jetton, Thierry, Shaheen H.B.  No.  3520
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to restrictions on the age of persons employed by or
  allowed on the premises of a sexually oriented business; creating a
  criminal offense.
               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
               SECTION  1.    Chapter 106, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended
  by adding Section 106.17 to read as follows:
               Sec.  106.17.    PRESENCE OF CERTAIN MINORS ON PERMITTED OR
  LICENSED PREMISES OPERATING AS SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS. (a) An
  individual younger than 18 years of age may not be on premises
  covered by a permit or license issued under this code if a sexually
  oriented business, as defined by Section 243.002, Local Government
  Code, operates on the premises.
               (b)    The holder of a permit or license covering a premises
  described by Subsection (a) may not knowingly or recklessly allow
  an individual younger than 18 years of age to be on the premises.
               (c)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, if it
  is found, after notice and hearing, that a permittee or licensee has
  violated Subsection (b) the commission or administrator shall:
                           (1)    suspend the permit or license for 30 days for the
  first violation;
                           (2)    suspend the permit or license for 60 days for the
  second violation; and
                           (3)    cancel the permit or license for the third
  violation.
               SECTION  2.    Subchapter A, Chapter 102, Business & Commerce
  Code, is amended by adding Section 102.0031 to read as follows:
               Sec.  102.0031.    PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY
  BUSINESS IN RELATION TO A CHILD. A sexually oriented business may
  not allow an individual younger than 18 years of age to enter the
  premises of the business.
               SECTION  3.    Section 102.004(a), Business & Commerce Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (a)    The attorney general or appropriate district or county
  attorney, in the name of the state, may bring an action for an
  injunction or other process against a person who violates or
  threatens to violate Section 102.002, [or] 102.003, or 102.0031.
               SECTION  4.    Section 102.005(b), Business & Commerce Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (b)    A sexually oriented business commits an offense if the
  business violates Section 102.003 or 102.0031.
               SECTION  5.    Section 125.0015(a), Civil Practice and Remedies
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
               (a)    A person who maintains a place to which persons
  habitually go for the following purposes and who knowingly
  tolerates the activity and furthermore fails to make reasonable
  attempts to abate the activity maintains a common nuisance:
                           (1)    discharge of a firearm in a public place as
  prohibited by the Penal Code;
                           (2)    reckless discharge of a firearm as prohibited by
  the Penal Code;
                           (3)    engaging in organized criminal activity as a
  member of a combination as prohibited by the Penal Code;
                           (4)    delivery, possession, manufacture, or use of a
  substance or other item in violation of Chapter 481, Health and
  Safety Code;
                           (5)    gambling, gambling promotion, or communicating
  gambling information as prohibited by the Penal Code;
                           (6)    prostitution, promotion of prostitution, or
  aggravated promotion of prostitution as prohibited by the Penal
  Code;
                           (7)    compelling prostitution as prohibited by the Penal
  Code;
                           (8)    commercial manufacture, commercial distribution,
  or commercial exhibition of obscene material as prohibited by the
  Penal Code;
                           (9)    aggravated assault as described by Section 22.02,
  Penal Code;
                           (10)    sexual assault as described by Section 22.011,
  Penal Code;
                           (11)    aggravated sexual assault as described by Section
  22.021, Penal Code;
                           (12)    robbery as described by Section 29.02, Penal
  Code;
                           (13)    aggravated robbery as described by Section 29.03,
  Penal Code;