1-1  By:  Yarbrough (Senate Sponsor - West)                 H.B. No. 984
    1-2        (In the Senate - Received from the House April 10, 1995;
    1-3  April 11, 1995, read first time and referred to Committee on State
    1-4  Affairs; April 28, 1995, reported favorably, as amended, by the
    1-5  following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 28, 1995, sent to printer.)
    1-6  COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                                 By:  West
    1-7  Amend HB 984 by deleting the following:
    1-8  in SECTION 1. of the bill, Section 11.11 (a), Alcoholic Beverage
    1-9  Code:
   1-10  "or $10,000 if the applicant for a permit or holder of a permit has
   1-11  a business located within 1,000 feet of the property line of a
   1-12  public school,"
   1-13  and in SECTION 2. of the bill, Section 61.13 (a), Alcoholic
   1-14  Beverage Code:
   1-15  "or $10,000 if the applicant for a license or holder of a license
   1-16  has a business located within 1,000 feet of the property line of a
   1-17  public school,"
   1-18                         A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
   1-19                                AN ACT
   1-20  relating to the filing of a conduct surety bond by certain
   1-21  alcoholic beverage permit or license holders.
   1-22        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
   1-23        SECTION 1.  Section 11.11(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
   1-24  amended to read as follows:
   1-25        (a)  Except as provided in Subsection (e) of this section, an
   1-26  applicant for a permit or a holder of a permit issued under Chapter
   1-27  25, 28, or 32 of this code shall file with the commission a surety
   1-28  bond in the amount of $5,000 or $10,000 if the applicant for a
   1-29  permit or holder of a permit has a business located within 1,000
   1-30  feet of the property line of a public school, conditioned on the
   1-31  applicant's or holder's conformance with alcoholic beverage law.
   1-32        SECTION 2.  Section 61.13(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
   1-33  amended to read as follows:
   1-34        (a)  Except as provided in Subsection (e) of this section, an
   1-35  applicant for a license or a holder of a license issued under
   1-36  Chapter 69 of this code shall file with the commission a surety
   1-37  bond in the amount of $5,000 or $10,000 if the applicant for a
   1-38  license or holder of a license has a business located within 1,000
   1-39  feet of the property line of a public school, conditioned on the
   1-40  applicant's or holder's conformance with alcoholic beverage law.
   1-41        SECTION 3.  Sections 11.11(g) and 61.13(g), Alcoholic
   1-42  Beverage Code, are repealed.
   1-43        SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995, and
   1-44  applies only to a license or permit issued or renewed on or after
   1-45  that date.  A license or permit issued or renewed before the
   1-46  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the
   1-47  time of the issuance or renewal, and the former law is continued in
   1-48  effect for that purpose.
   1-49        SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the
   1-50  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   1-51  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   1-52  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   1-53  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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