By Hawley H.B. No. 1922 75R6070 PAM-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to prohibiting the issuance of certain original or renewal 1-3 alcoholic beverage permits or licenses for nonpayment of ad valorem 1-4 taxes. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Section 11.46, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 1-7 amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: 1-8 (d) The commission or administrator may not issue an 1-9 original or renewal permit authorizing the retail sale of alcoholic 1-10 beverages unless the applicant for the permit files with the 1-11 application proof that no ad valorem taxes are due and owing on the 1-12 property of the premises for which the permit is sought. 1-13 SECTION 2. Section 61.42, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 1-14 amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: 1-15 (d) The county judge, commission, or administrator may not 1-16 approve or issue an original license or renewal of a license for a 1-17 retail dealer's on-premises license or a retail dealer's 1-18 off-premises license unless the applicant for the license files 1-19 with the application proof that no ad valorem taxes are due and 1-20 owing on the property of the premises for which the license is 1-21 sought. 1-22 SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-23 The change in law made by this Act applies to any person who 1-24 submits an application for a permit or license or for the renewal 2-1 of a permit or license on or after September 1, 1997. 2-2 (b) A person who submits an application for a permit or a 2-3 license or for the renewal of a permit or license before September 2-4 1, 1997, is governed by the law in effect when the application was 2-5 submitted, and the former law continues in effect for that purpose. 2-6 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.