By Truitt H.B. No. 1938 76R6587 MCK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the sale or lease of certain property owned by certain 1-3 alcoholic beverage permit holders. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 16.01, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: 1-7 (f) Notwithstanding Section 102.04(b)(1), the holder of a 1-8 winery permit may sell or lease property that is within 1,500 feet 1-9 of the permitted premises to another person who is licensed or 1-10 permitted under this code. 1-11 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-12 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.