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.