TABC Code - Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission

APPENDIX D
GOVERNMENT CODE
§ 411.204. NOTICE REQUIRED ON CERTAIN PREMISES. (a) A business that has a
permit or license issued under Chapter 25, 28, 32, 69, or 74, Alcoholic Beverage Code, and that derives
51 percent or more of its income from the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption as
determined by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission under Section 104.06, Alcoholic Beverage
Code, shall prominently display at each entrance to the business premises a sign that complies with the
requirements of Subsection (c).
(b) A hospital licensed under Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, or a nursing home
licensed under Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, shall prominently display at each entrance to the
hospital or nursing home, as appropriate, a sign that complies with the requirements of Subsection (c)
other than the requirement that the sign include on its face the number "51".
(c) The sign required under Subsections (a) and (b) must give notice in both English and
Spanish that it is unlawful for a person licensed under this subchapter to carry a handgun on the premises.
The sign must appear in contrasting colors with block letters at least one inch in height and must include
on its face the number "51" printed in solid red at least five inches in height. The sign shall be displayed
in a conspicuous manner clearly visible to the public.
(d) A business that has a permit or license issued under the Alcoholic Beverage Code and
that is not required to display a sign under this section may be required to display a sign under Section
11.041 or 61.11, Alcoholic Beverage Code.
(e) This section does not apply to a business that has a food and beverage certificate issued
under the Alcoholic Beverage Code.
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§ 573.021. METHOD OF COMPUTING DEGREE OF RELATIONSHIP. The degree of a
relationship is computed by the civil law method.
§ 573.022. DETERMINATION OF CONSANGUINITY. (a) Two individuals are related to
each other by consanguinity if:
(1) one is a descendant of the other; or
(2) they share a common ancestor.
(b) An adopted child is considered to be a child of the adoptive parent for this purpose.
§ 573.023. COMPUTATION OF DEGREE OF CONSANGUINITY. (a) The degree of
relationship by consanguinity between an individual and the individual's descendant is determined by the
number of generations that separate them. A parent and child are related in the first degree, a grandparent
and grandchild in the second degree, a great-grandparent and great-grandchild in the third degree and so
on.
(b) If an individual and the individual's relative are related by consanguinity, but neither is
descended from the other, the degree of relationship is determined by adding:
(1) the number of generations between the individual and the nearest common
ancestor of the individual and the individual's relative; and
(2) the number of generations between the relative and the nearest common ancestor.
(c)
An individual's relatives within the third degree by consanguinity are the individual's:
(1) parent or child (relatives in the first degree);
(2) brother, sister, grandparent, or grandchild
(relatives in the second degree); and
(3) great-grandparent, great-grandchild, aunt who is a sister of a parent of the
individual, uncle who is a brother of a parent of the individual, nephew who is a child of a brother or
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