By Torres H.B. No. 2816 75R7207 LJR-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the expiration of secondary alcoholic beverage permits 1-3 and licenses. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 11.09, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 1-6 amended to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 11.09. EXPIRATION OF PERMIT. A permit issued under 1-8 this code expires one year after the date it is issued except as 1-9 otherwise provided by this code. Any secondary permit, including a 1-10 late hours permit or temporary permit, held by a basic or primary 1-11 permit holder expires on the same date as the primary permit, and 1-12 the commission may not prorate or refund any part of the secondary 1-13 permit fee because the application of this section results in the 1-14 expiration of the secondary permit in less than one year. 1-15 SECTION 2. Section 61.03, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 1-16 amended to read as follows: 1-17 Sec. 61.03. DURATION AND EXPIRATION OF LICENSE. No license 1-18 may be issued for a term longer than one year. Any license except 1-19 a branch, importer's, importer's carrier's, or temporary license 1-20 expires one year after the date on which it is issued. Any 1-21 secondary license, including a late hours license or temporary 1-22 license, held by a basic or primary license or permit holder 1-23 expires on the same date as the primary license or permit, and the 1-24 commission may not prorate or refund any part of the secondary 2-1 license fee because the application of this section results in the 2-2 expiration of the secondary license in less than one year. 2-3 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 2-4 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.