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.