BILL ANALYSIS


                                                         H.B. 690
                                          By: Van de Putte (Luna)
                                                    State Affairs
                                                          5-25-95
                              Senate Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND

Currently, if a bar owner sells a location to another party, the
new owner does not have to post notice for application.  The new
owner's application is submitted as a renewal.  Under these
conditions, the community does not have an opportunity to react to
the new ownership, as the community does with new application
notice requirements.

PURPOSE

As proposed, H.B. 690 provides notice of an application for the re-opening of a bar at a previously licensed location.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or
agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 11.391, Alcoholic Beverage Code, by
amending Subsection (d), to set forth the conditions in which an
applicant for an alcoholic beverage permit (permit) issued under
Chapter 25, 28, or 32, is required to comply with this section not
later than the 10th day before the date the applicant submits the
application for a permit.

SECTION 2. Amends Section 61.381, Alcoholic Beverage Code, by
adding Subsection (d), to set forth the conditions in which an
applicant for a permit issued under Chapter 69 or 74 is required to
comply with this section not later than the 10th day before the
date the applicant submits the application for a permit.

SECTION 3. Requires an applicant for the renewal of a permit or
license issued under Chapter 25, 28, 32, 69, or 74, Alcoholic
Beverage Code, who submits the application on or before September
1, 1996, to comply with the law as changed by this Act in the same
manner in which an applicant for an initial permit or license must
comply.  Provides that this section expires September 2, 1996.

SECTION 4. Effective date: September 1, 1995.
           Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 5. Emergency clause.