By Yarbrough                                          H.B. No. 1506
         77R5748 AJA-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to security costs required of a person who contests
 1-3     certain alcoholic beverage license applications.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 61.39, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended
 1-6     to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 61.39.  MAY CONTEST APPLICATION.  Any person may contest
 1-8     the facts stated in an application for a license to distribute,
 1-9     manufacture, or sell beer at retail, or the applicant's right to
1-10     secure a license, if the person [he] gives security for all costs
1-11     which may be incurred in the contest if the case should be decided
1-12     in favor of the applicant.  No security for costs may be required
1-13     of an officer of a county or incorporated city or town or an
1-14     elected officer of the state or federal government.
1-15           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.