1-1 By: Madla S.B. No. 398
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 18, 1993; February 22, 1993,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
1-4 March 10, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11,
1-5 Nays 0; March 10, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Harris of Dallas x
1-9 Rosson x
1-10 Carriker x
1-11 Henderson x
1-12 Leedom x
1-13 Lucio x
1-14 Luna x
1-15 Nelson x
1-16 Patterson x
1-17 Shelley x
1-18 Sibley x
1-19 West x
1-20 Whitmire x
1-21 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-22 AN ACT
1-23 relating to certain temporary wine and beer and mixed beverage
1-24 permits for certain nonprofit organizations.
1-25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-26 SECTION 1. Section 27.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
1-27 amended to read as follows:
1-28 Sec. 27.04. Required Basic Permit. A temporary wine and beer
1-29 retailer's permit may be issued only to a holder of a wine and beer
1-30 retailer's permit, a holder of a <or> mixed beverage permit, or a
1-31 nonprofit historic preservation organization that has been in
1-32 existence for at least 30 years.
1-33 SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 30.03, Alcoholic Beverage
1-34 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-35 (a) The commission may, in its discretion, issue on a
1-36 temporary basis a daily temporary mixed beverage permit. A daily
1-37 temporary mixed beverage permit may be issued only to a holder of a
1-38 mixed beverage permit for the temporary sale of authorized
1-39 alcoholic beverages at picnics, celebrations, or similar events, or
1-40 to a political party or political association supporting a
1-41 candidate for public office or a proposed amendment to the Texas
1-42 Constitution or other ballot measure, to an organization formed for
1-43 a specific charitable or civic purpose, to a fraternal organization
1-44 in existence for over five years with a regular membership, or to a
1-45 religious organization. The commission shall not issue more than
1-46 10 <two> temporary mixed beverage permits in each calendar year to
1-47 a person who does not also hold a mixed beverage permit.
1-48 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-49 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-50 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-51 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-52 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-53 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-54 passage, and it is so enacted.
1-55 * * * * *
1-56 Austin,
1-57 Texas
1-58 March 10, 1993
1-59 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-60 President of the Senate
1-61 Sir:
1-62 We, your Committee on State Affairs to which was referred S.B.
1-63 No. 398, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed
1-64 to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
1-65 pass and be printed.
1-66 Harris of
1-67 Dallas, Chairman
1-68 * * * * *
2-1 WITNESSES
2-2 FOR AGAINST ON
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2-4 Name: Kerry Henckel x
2-5 Representing: City of San Antonio
2-6 City: San Antonio
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2-8 Name: Stewart Schooler x
2-9 Representing: San Antonio Conservation Soc.
2-10 City: San Antonio
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2-12 Name: Randy Yarbrough x
2-13 Representing: TABC
2-14 City: Austin
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