1-1 By: Goolsby (Senate Sponsor - Carona) H.B. No. 1612 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001; 1-3 May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Business 1-4 and Commerce; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to permitted forms of payment for permit application fees. 1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-10 SECTION 1. Section 11.35, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended 1-11 to read as follows: 1-12 Sec. 11.35. PAYMENT OF FEE. (a) Each permit application 1-13 must be accompanied by a cashier's check, a teller's check, a check 1-14 drawn on the account of a corporation applying for a permit, or a 1-15 money order or payment by credit card, charge card, or other 1-16 electronic form of payment approved by commission rule for the 1-17 amount of the state fee, payable to the order of the comptroller. 1-18 (b) The commission may set a processing fee in an amount 1-19 that is reasonably related to the expense incurred by the 1-20 commission in processing the electronic payment. 1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-22 * * * * *