By:  Danburg                                          H.B. No. 1040
       73R3392 CAG-D
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the location of certain hearings conducted under the
    1-3  Alcoholic Beverage Code.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 11, Alcoholic Beverage
    1-6  Code, is amended by adding Section 11.015 to read as follows:
    1-7        Sec. 11.015.  HEARING LOCATION.  Notwithstanding any other
    1-8  provision of this code, a hearing related to the issuance, renewal,
    1-9  cancellation, or suspension of a permit issued under this subtitle
   1-10  for the operation of a licensed premises may be conducted only at:
   1-11              (1)  the commission's branch office in the county in
   1-12  which the premises is located; or
   1-13              (2)  the commission's office in Travis County if the
   1-14  commission does not have a branch office in the county in which the
   1-15  premises is located.
   1-16        SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 61, Alcoholic Beverage
   1-17  Code, is amended by adding Section 61.52 to read as follows:
   1-18        Sec. 61.52.  HEARING LOCATION.  Notwithstanding any other
   1-19  provision of this code, a hearing conducted by the commission or
   1-20  administrator related to the issuance or renewal of a license
   1-21  issued under this subtitle for the operation of a licensed premises
   1-22  may be conducted only at:
   1-23              (1)  the commission's branch office in the county in
   1-24  which the premises is located; or
    2-1              (2)  the commission's office in Travis County if the
    2-2  commission does not have a branch office in the county in which the
    2-3  premises is located.
    2-4        SECTION 3.  Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Alcoholic Beverage
    2-5  Code, is amended by adding Section 61.86 to read as follows:
    2-6        Sec. 61.86.  HEARING LOCATION.  Notwithstanding any other
    2-7  provision of this code, a hearing related to the cancellation or
    2-8  suspension of a license issued under this subtitle for the
    2-9  operation of a licensed premises may be conducted only at:
   2-10              (1)  the commission's branch office in the county in
   2-11  which the premises is located; or
   2-12              (2)  the commission's office in Travis County if the
   2-13  commission does not have a branch office in the county in which the
   2-14  premises is located.
   2-15        SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1993, and
   2-16  applies only to a hearing conducted on or after that date.
   2-17        SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the
   2-18  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-19  emergency   and   an   imperative   public   necessity   that   the
   2-20  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-21  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.