HBA-NRS H.B. 2490 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2490
By: Goolsby
Licensing & Administrative Procedures
3/30/2001
Introduced



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 to two or more years 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. House Bill
2490 increases the expiration date for alcoholic beverage licenses and
permits to two years or more after the date of the original expiration date
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

House Bill 2490 amends the Alcoholic Beverage Code to authorize the Texas
Alcoholic Beverage Commission by rule to provide an expiration date for a
class of permits or a class of licenses that is two or more years after the
date on which the permits or licenses would otherwise expire if the fee for
the permits or licenses is increased proportionately. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.