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.