By: Moncrief S.B. No. 27 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to cancellation of wine and beer retailer permits and 1-2 retail dealer on-premise licenses. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 11, Alcoholic Beverage 1-5 Code, is amended by adding Section 11.612 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 11.612. CANCELLATION OF PERMIT OR LICENSE IN CERTAIN 1-7 MUNICIPALITIES. The commission or administrator may cancel an 1-8 original or renewal wine and beer retailer's permit or retail 1-9 dealer's on-premise license and may refuse to issue any new 1-10 alcoholic beverage permit or license for the same premises for one 1-11 year after the date of cancellation if: 1-12 (1) the premises for which the permit or license is 1-13 issued are located in a municipality with a population of 400,000 1-14 or more; 1-15 (2) the chief of police of the city in which the 1-16 premises are located has submitted a sworn statement to the 1-17 commission stating that the place or manner in which the permittee 1-18 or licensee conducts its business endangers the general welfare, 1-19 health, peace, morals, or safety of the community and further 1-20 stating that there is a reasonable likelihood that such conduct 1-21 would continue at the same location under another licensee or 1-22 permittee; 1-23 (3) the sheriff of the county in which the premises 2-1 are located has submitted a sworn statement to the commission 2-2 stating that the place or manner in which the permittee or licensee 2-3 conducts its business endangers the general welfare, health, peace, 2-4 morals, or safety of the community and further stating that there 2-5 is a reasonable likelihood that such conduct would continue at the 2-6 same location under another licensee or permittee; and 2-7 (4) the commission or administrator finds, after 2-8 notice and hearing, that the place or manner in which the permittee 2-9 or licensee conducts its business does in fact endanger the general 2-10 welfare, health, peace, morals, or safety of the community and that 2-11 there is a reasonable likelihood that such conduct would continue 2-12 at the same location under another licensee or permittee. 2-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 2-14 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.