By:  Wilson                                           H.B. No. 1767
       73R4091 CAG-F
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to a special wine and beer permit for certain nonprofit
    1-3  organizations.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Chapter 27, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended
    1-6  by adding Subchapter B to read as follows:
    1-7         SUBCHAPTER B.  SPECIAL THREE-DAY WINE AND BEER PERMIT
    1-8        Sec. 27.11.  AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.  The holder of a special
    1-9  three-day wine and beer permit may sell for consumption on the
   1-10  premises for which the permit is issued, but not for resale, not
   1-11  more than 30 gallons of wine and not more than 20 barrels of beer
   1-12  and malt liquors containing alcohol in excess of one-half of one
   1-13  percent by volume but not more than 14 percent by volume.
   1-14        Sec. 27.12.  FEE.  The state fee for a special three-day wine
   1-15  and beer permit is $30.
   1-16        Sec. 27.13.  ISSUANCE OF PERMIT.  (a)  The commission may
   1-17  issue a special three-day wine and beer permit directly to a
   1-18  nonprofit charitable, civic, or religious organization for the
   1-19  temporary serving of wine and beer at a picnic, celebration, or
   1-20  similar event sponsored by the organization.  Not more than one
   1-21  permit may be issued for an event.
   1-22        (b)  A nonprofit charitable, civic, or religious organization
   1-23  may be issued not more than one special three-day wine and beer
   1-24  permit in a 12-month period.
    2-1        Sec. 27.14.  APPLICATION OF WINE AND BEER RETAILER PERMIT
    2-2  PROVISIONS.  A provision of this code that applies to a wine and
    2-3  beer retailer permit applies to a special three-day wine and beer
    2-4  permit unless the provision conflicts with a provision of this
    2-5  subchapter.
    2-6        Sec. 27.15.  RULES.  The commission may adopt rules as
    2-7  necessary to implement and administer this subchapter.
    2-8        SECTION 2.  The title of Chapter 27, Alcoholic Beverage Code,
    2-9  is amended to read as follows:
   2-10           CHAPTER 27.  TEMPORARY AND SPECIAL WINE AND BEER
   2-11                      RETAILER'S PERMITS <PERMIT>
   2-12        SECTION 3.  Sections 27.01-27.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code,
   2-13  are designated as Subchapter A, Chapter 27, of that code, as
   2-14  follows:
   2-15       SUBCHAPTER A.  TEMPORARY WINE AND BEER RETAILER'S PERMIT
   2-16        SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
   2-17  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-18  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   2-19  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-20  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
   2-21  and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
   2-22  passage, and it is so enacted.