HBA-CMT H.B. 3066 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3066 By: Chisum Licensing & Administrative Procedures 3/22/2001 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Under current law, the issues allowed to be presented on a ballot concerning alcohol prohibition are restricted in their language. This restriction may burden some smaller counties in Texas by not allowing them to address unique law enforcement situations and the ability of the counties to easily form consensus positions on alcohol issues. House Bill 3066 authorizes counties with a population of 10,000 residents or less with only a single incorporated municipality where sale of all alcoholic beverages is prohibited to structure a ballot issue in a less restrictive manner. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS House Bill 3066 amends the Alcoholic Beverage Code to authorize a ballot issue to limit sales of alcoholic beverages in terms of the number of drinks allowed for on-premises consumption and the percentage of gross receipts for on-premises consumption in a county with a population of less than 10,000 residents with only a single incorporated municipality where the sale of all alcoholic beverages including mixed beverages is prohibited. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001.