1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to permitted forms of payment for permit application fees. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 11.35, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended 1-5 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 11.35. PAYMENT OF FEE. (a) Each permit application 1-7 must be accompanied by a cashier's check, a teller's check, a check 1-8 drawn on the account of a corporation applying for a permit, or a 1-9 money order or payment by credit card, charge card, or other 1-10 electronic form of payment approved by commission rule for the 1-11 amount of the state fee, payable to the order of the comptroller. 1-12 (b) The commission may set a processing fee in an amount 1-13 that is reasonably related to the expense incurred by the 1-14 commission in processing the electronic payment. 1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1612 was passed by the House on May 5, 2001, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1612 was passed by the Senate on May 22, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________________ Date __________________________ Governor