BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 1329 By: Goolsby (Leedom) State Affairs 5-12-95 Senate Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND Section 61.36(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, allows counties and incorporated cities and towns to levy a fee within their respective boundaries against holders of certain alcoholic beverage licenses. Subsection (b) of this section allows the Alcoholic Beverage Commission or its administrator to cancel a license if it finds that a licensee has not paid a fee levied by a city. Failure to pay a fee levied by a county or incorporated town is not mentioned as the basis for cancellation of a license. PURPOSE As proposed, H.B. 1329 clarifies the authority of the Alcoholic Beverage Commission to cancel a license if it is found that a licensee has not paid a fee authorized by Section 61.36, Alcoholic Beverage Code. 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 61.36(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, to authorize the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission or its administrator to cancel an alcoholic beverage license if it finds that the licensee, rather than the permittee, has not paid a fee levied under this section, rather than a fee levied by a city under this section. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1995. SECTION 3. Emergency clause.