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      By Serna                                        H.B. No. 3509

                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to surety bonds required of certain permit holders under

 1-3     the Alcoholic Beverage Code.

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

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Chapter 11, Section 11.11, Alcoholic Beverage

 1-6     Code, is amended to read as follows:

 1-7           Sec. 11.11.  Conduct Surety Bond.  (a)  Except as provided in

 1-8     Subsection (e) of this section, an applicant for a permit or a

 1-9     holder of a permit issued under[:]

1-10                 [(1)  Chapter 25, 28, or 32 of this code shall file

1-11     with the commission a surety bond in the amount of $5,000

1-12     conditioned on the applicant's or holder's conformance with

1-13     alcoholic beverage law; or]

1-14                 [(2)]  Chapter 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, or 32 and whose

1-15     place of business is within 1,000 feet of the property line of a

1-16     public school shall file with the commission a surety bond in the

1-17     amount of $10,000 conditioned on the applicant's or holder's

1-18     conformance with alcoholic beverage law.

1-19           SECTION 2.  Chapter 61, Section 61.13, Alcoholic Beverage

1-20     Code, is amended to read as follows:

1-21           Sec. 61.13.  Conduct Surety Bond.  (a)  Except as provided in

1-22     Subsection (e) of this section, an applicant for a license or a

1-23     holder of a license issued under Chapter 69 of this code shall file

1-24     with the commission a surety bond in the amount of [$5,000 or]

 2-1     $10,000 if the applicant for a license or holder of a license has a

 2-2     business located within 1,000 feet of the property line of a public

 2-3     school, conditioned on the applicant's or holder's conformance with

 2-4     alcoholic beverage law.

 2-5           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

 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.