LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
March 28, 1995
TO: Honorable Ron Wilson, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 2367
Committee on Licensing & By: Brimer
Administrative Procedures
House of Representatives
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
2367 (Relating to the regulation of package stores.) this office
has determined the following:
This bill would amend the Alcoholic Beverage Code by increasing
the annual fee for a package store permit from $300 to $500 as
well as modify certain regulations governing the operations on
package stores.
By statute the total permit and license fee revenue collected by
the Alcoholic Beverage Commission must equal its legislative
appropriations for the regulation of the industry. In addition
to collecting the revenue from permits and licenses fees as set
by law the Commission is authorized to levy a surcharge on all
permits and licenses (with the rate set by Commission rule) to
ensure that revenue collected equals appropriations. As a
result, the increased package store permit fee revenue would
reduce the surcharge revenue by an equal amount.
The probable fiscal implication of implementing the provisions of
the bill during each of the first five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
Fiscal Probable Revenue Probable Revenue
Year Gain/(Loss) from Gain/(Loss) from
Increased Fees reduced surcharges
General Revenue to General Revenue
Fund 001 Fund 001
1996 $429,000 ($429,000)
1997 420,000 (420,000)
1998 412,000 (412,000)
1999 405,000 (405,000)
2000 398,000 (398,000)
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.
The fiscal implication to units of local government cannot be
determined.
Source: Comptroller of Public Accounts, Alcoholic Beverage
Commission
LBB Staff: JK, RT, DF