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        relating to the issuance of an alcoholic beverage permit or license  | 
      
      
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        covering certain premises where a previous permit or license holder  | 
      
      
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        has been evicted. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Section 11.44, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is  | 
      
      
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        amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to  | 
      
      
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        read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), if [If] an order  | 
      
      
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        of suspension against a permit or license is pending or unexpired,  | 
      
      
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        or if the commission has initiated action to cancel or suspend a  | 
      
      
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        permit or license, no permit or license may be issued for or  | 
      
      
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        transferred to the same licensed premises. | 
      
      
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               (c)  The commission may issue an original permit or license  | 
      
      
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        covering an otherwise permitted or licensed premises under  | 
      
      
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        conditions described by Subsection (a) if: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  the holder of the permit or license that is subject  | 
      
      
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        to the pending or unexpired suspension order or against which the  | 
      
      
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        cancellation or suspension action has been initiated has been  | 
      
      
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        evicted from the premises under a final, nonappealable court  | 
      
      
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        judgment; and | 
      
      
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                     (2)  all other conditions for the issuance of the new  | 
      
      
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        permit or license covering the premises are met by the applicant. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | 
      
      
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           President of the Senate | 
        Speaker of the House      | 
      
      
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               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 409 passed the Senate on  | 
      
      
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        March 13, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
      
      
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        Secretary of the Senate     | 
      
      
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               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 409 passed the House on  | 
      
      
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        May 17, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 134, Nays 0, two  | 
      
      
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        present not voting. | 
      
      
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        Approved: | 
      
      
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                  Governor |