1-1     By:  Hamric (Senate Sponsor - Lindsay)                H.B. No. 1989
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 9, 2001;
 1-3     April 9, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Business and Commerce; May 1, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 1, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the authority of a judge of a statutory county court to
 1-9     hear certain alcoholic beverage permit or license applications.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Section 61.312, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
1-12     amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
1-13           (e)  In this section:
1-14                 (1)  "County officer" includes a judge of a statutory
1-15     county court.
1-16                 (2)  "Statutory county court" has the meaning assigned
1-17     by Section 21.009, Government Code.
1-18           SECTION 2.  Section 25.0004, Government Code, is amended by
1-19     amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
1-20     follows:
1-21           (d)  Except as provided by Subsection (e), the [The] judge of
1-22     a statutory county court has no authority over the county's
1-23     administrative business that is performed by the county judge.
1-24           (e)  The judge of a statutory county court may be delegated
1-25     authority to hear an application under Section 25.052, 26.07, or
1-26     61.312, Alcoholic Beverage Code.
1-27           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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