H.B. No. 1825
 
 
 
 
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.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1825 was passed by the House on April
  12, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 105, Nays 39, 3 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1825 was passed by the Senate on May
  18, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays 4.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor