By: Gallegos S.B. No. 1283 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to the timely filing of alcoholic beverage permits, 1-2 storage of records, and the shipment of alcoholic beverages. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 11.32, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 1-5 amended to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 11.32. Renewal Application. Renewal applications shall 1-7 be made under oath and shall contain all information required by 1-8 the commission or administrator showing that the applicant is 1-9 qualified to hold the permit. The application shall be accompanied 1-10 by the required bond and state fee. The commission or 1-11 administrator may issue a renewal permit if it is found that the 1-12 applicant is qualified. The renewal of any permit is timely made 1-13 if not later than the date on which the application is due the 1-14 application is mailed to the commission in an envelope with the 1-15 proper address and postage and is received by the commission not 1-16 later than the 10th day after the date on which it was due. 1-17 SECTION 2. Section 206.01(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 1-18 amended to read as follows: 1-19 Sec. 206.01. Records. (A) A permittee who distills, 1-20 rectifies, manufacturers, or receives any liquor shall make and 1-21 keep a record of each day's production or receipt of liquor and the 2-1 amount of tax stamps purchased by the permittee. A permittee other 2-2 than a retailer shall make and keep a record of each sale of liquor 2-3 and to whom the sale is made and such records may be stored 2-4 electronically. Each transaction shall be entered on the day it 2-5 occurs. Permittees shall make and keep any other records required 2-6 by the commission. All required records shall be kept available 2-7 for inspection by the commission or its authorized representatives 2-8 for at least four years. 2-9 SECTION 3. Section 107.07 (f), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 2-10 amended to read as follows: 2-11 (f) Any person in the business of selling alcoholic 2-12 beverages in another state or country who ships or causes to be 2-13 shipped any alcoholic beverage directly to any Texas resident under 2-14 this section is in violation of this code. Nothing in this 2-15 subsection shall prevent a Texas resident from importing liquor for 2-16 his personal use under the provisions of subsection (a) of this 2-17 section. 2-18 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-23 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-24 passage, and it is so enacted.