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.
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