By Jones of Lubbock H.B. No. 2896
75R8445 PAM-D
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.