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SEC. 31-21.   SOLICITATION IN FOOD AND DRINK ESTABLISHMENT.
   (a)   In this section ESTABLISHMENT means a hotel, motel, night club, cabaret, bar, lounge, tavern, coffee house, theater, arcade, restaurant, café, cafeteria, sandwich shop, lunch counter, dining room, or other place of public accommodation, amusement, recreation, or entertainment not subject to the provisions of the Texas Liquor Control Act.
   (b)   A person commits an offense if while on the premises of an establishment which sells or offers for sale food or beverages for consumption on the premises:
      (1)   as the owner, corporate officer, operator, manager, agent, servant, or employee of the establishment he solicits a person to buy food or a beverage for consumption on the premises by an owner, corporate officer, operator, manager, or employee of the establishment; or
      (2)   as owner, corporate officer, operator, manager, or other person having control of the establishment, he intentionally or knowingly permits an employee of the establishment to solicit a person to buy food or a beverage for consumption on the premises by an owner, corporate officer, operator, manager, or employee of the establishment.
   (c)   A person violating a provision of this section is guilty of an offense and, upon conviction, will be punished by a fine not less than $100 and not more than $500. (Ord. Nos. 14971; 15573; 19963)