1-1     By:  Nelson                                            S.B. No. 603
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 18, 1999; February 22, 1999,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development;
 1-4     April 9, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
 1-5     Nays 0; April 9, 1999, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the requirement that holders of certain alcoholic
 1-9     beverage permits or licenses furnish a bond.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subsections (f) and (i), Section 204.01,
1-12     Alcoholic Beverage Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-13           (f)  The holder of a wholesaler's or class B wholesaler's
1-14     permit, the holder of a winery or wine bottler's permit, or the
1-15     holder of a distributor's license is not required to furnish a bond
1-16     if for the preceding 36 months the permittee or licensee has paid
1-17     all taxes and fees required by this code on or before the due date.
1-18           (i)  A permittee or licensee who qualifies for an exemption
1-19     under Subsection (f) of this section is also exempt from the
1-20     bonding requirement for any other wholesaler's permit, class B
1-21     wholesaler's permit, winery permit, wine bottler's permit, or
1-22     distributor's license currently held by or subsequently issued to
1-23     the same permittee or licensee for use at licensed premises
1-24     different from and additional to those covered by the permit or
1-25     license under which the permittee or licensee qualified for
1-26     exemption.  However, if a permittee or licensee fails to pay a tax
1-27     or fee imposed by this code on or before the due date and the
1-28     permittee or licensee holds multiple permits or licenses, the
1-29     requirement for a bond or tax security shall be imposed or
1-30     reimposed under Subsection (g) of this section only on the permit
1-31     or license covering the licensed premises for which the tax or fee
1-32     and any applicable penalty were not timely paid.
1-33           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-34           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-35     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-36     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-37     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-38     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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