Sec. 453.060. PROHIBITION OF CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE. (a) A board by resolution may prohibit the consumption of an alcoholic beverage on property a transit department possesses or controls. The resolution must describe with particularity each place where consumption of an alcoholic beverage is prohibited.
(b) The transit department shall post a sign in each place where consumption of an alcoholic beverage is prohibited under this section. The sign must indicate that a person may not consume an alcoholic beverage in that place.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person consumes an alcoholic beverage in a place where the consumption of an alcoholic beverage is prohibited under this section.
(d) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
(e) In this section, "alcoholic beverage" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.32(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle K - Mass Transportation
Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments
Subchapter B. Creation and Administration of Transit Department
Section 453.051. Creation of Transit Department
Section 453.052. Administration of Transit Department
Section 453.054. Board Meetings
Section 453.055. Conflicts of Interest: Transit Department Employees
Section 453.056. Transfer of Municipal Resources to Transit Department
Section 453.058. Accounts and Deposit of Money; Dedication of Money
Section 453.059. Liability of Creating Municipality
Section 453.060. Prohibition of Consumption of Alcoholic Beverage