By Hawley                                       H.B. No. 1922

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                                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.