By:  Nelson                                            S.B. No. 603
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                       AN ACT
 1-1     relating to the requirement that holders of certain alcoholic
 1-2     beverage permits or licenses furnish a bond.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Subsections (f) and (i), Section 204.01,
 1-5     Alcoholic Beverage Code, are amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (f)  The holder of a wholesaler's or class B wholesaler's
 1-7     permit, the holder of a winery or wine bottler's permit, or the
 1-8     holder of a distributor's license is not required to furnish a bond
 1-9     if for the preceding 36 months the permittee or licensee has paid
1-10     all taxes and fees required by this code on or before the due date.
1-11           (i)  A permittee or licensee who qualifies for an exemption
1-12     under Subsection (f) of this section is also exempt from the
1-13     bonding requirement for any other wholesaler's permit, class B
1-14     wholesaler's permit, winery permit, wine bottler's permit, or
1-15     distributor's license currently held by or subsequently issued to
1-16     the same permittee or licensee for use at licensed premises
1-17     different from and additional to those covered by the permit or
1-18     license under which the permittee or licensee qualified for
1-19     exemption.  However, if a permittee or licensee fails to pay a tax
1-20     or fee imposed by this code on or before the due date and the
1-21     permittee or licensee holds multiple permits or licenses, the
1-22     requirement for a bond or tax security shall be imposed or
1-23     reimposed under Subsection (g) of this section only on the permit
1-24     or license covering the licensed premises for which the tax or fee
 2-1     and any applicable penalty were not timely paid.
 2-2           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
 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.