TITLE: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting persons under the legal drinking age from being employed by or entering a liquor store.

SUMMARY: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting persons under the legal drinking age from being employed by or entering a liquor store.

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83(R) HJR 76-Introduced version-Bill Text 83R5133 JAM-D By: Kuempel H.J.R. No. 76 A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting persons under the legal drinking age from being employed by or entering a liquor store. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 20, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: (e) A person who sells or is authorized to sell distilled spirits to consumers for off-premises consumption may not: (1) knowingly utilize or employ any person younger than the legal drinking age to work on a premises where distilled spirits are stored, sold, or transported; or (2) knowingly allow a person younger than the legal drinking age to enter or remain upon a premises where distilled spirits are stored, sold, or transported unless that person is accompanied at all times by that person's parent, legal guardian, or spouse who is of the legal drinking age. (f) Subsection (e) does not prohibit the use or employment of a person by the person's parent, legal guardian, or spouse who is of the legal drinking age to work in a business owned by the parent, legal guardian, or spouse or the presence of a person on the premises of a business owned by the person's parent, legal guardian, or spouse who is of the legal drinking age. SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013. The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting persons under the legal drinking age from being employed by or entering a liquor store."