HBA-BSM C.S.H.B. 2490 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 2490 By: Goolsby Licensing & Administrative Procedures 5/8/2001 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, there is some concern that the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) cannot examine applications and requests for alcoholic beverage licenses and permits with the necessary attention and focus each application or request should receive. TABC also cannot process each application or request for a license or permit in a timely manner. Lengthening the expiration dates after the date of the original expiration date for alcoholic beverage licenses and permits while proportionally increasing fees for such licenses and permits would reduce the amount of paperwork for TABC and maintain necessary revenue. C.S.H.B. 2490 authorizes TABC to adopt rules that allow a permit or licence holder to choose an expiration date for the permit or license if the fee for such licenses or permits is increased proportionately. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that rulemaking authority is expressly delegated to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission in SECTION 1 (Section 11.09, Alcoholic Beverage Code) and SECTION 2 (Section 61.03, Alcoholic Beverage Code) of this bill. ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 2490 amends the Alcoholic Beverage Code to authorize the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) to adopt rules that allow a person who applies for or renews a type of permit or license designated by TABC to choose an expiration date for a permit or a license that falls on an anniversary of the date the permit or license would otherwise expire if the fee for the permit or license is increased proportionately. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE C.S.H.B. 2490 modifies the original bill to authorize the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) to adopt rules that allow a person to choose the expiration date for a type of permit or license. The original bill authorized TABC by rule to extend the expiration date by two or more years.