By Jones of Lubbock                             H.B. No. 2896

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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the filing of a conduct surety bond by certain

 1-3     alcoholic beverage permit and license holders.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 11.11(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is

 1-6     amended to read as follows:

 1-7           (b)  A surety bond required under this section shall contain

 1-8     the following statements on the face of the bond:

 1-9                 (1)  that the holder of the permit will not violate a

1-10     law of the state relating to alcoholic beverages or a rule of the

1-11     commission; and

1-12                 (2)  that the holder of the permit agrees that the

1-13     amount of the bond shall be paid to the state if the permit is

1-14     revoked or on final adjudication that the holder violated three or

1-15     more provisions [a provision] of this code, regardless of whether

1-16     the actions of an  employee of a holder are not attributable to the

1-17     holder under Section 106.14.

1-18           SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

1-19     The change in law made by this Act applies only to a violation that

1-20     occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.  For purposes of

1-21     this section, a violation occurs before the effective date of this

1-22     Act if any element of the violation occurs before that date.

1-23           (b)  A violation that occurred before the effective date of

1-24     this Act is governed by the law in effect when the violation

 2-1     occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that

 2-2     purpose.

 2-3           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

 2-4     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 2-5     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

 2-6     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

 2-7     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.