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.
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             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.
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                                                 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.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor