77R9158 AJA-D By Goolsby H.B. No. 2490 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2490: By Wilson C.S.H.B. No. 2490 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the expiration of alcoholic beverage permits and 1-3 licenses. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 11.09, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended 1-6 by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: 1-7 (d) The commission may adopt rules that allow a person who 1-8 applies for or renews a type of permit designated by the commission 1-9 to choose an expiration date for the permit that falls on an 1-10 anniversary of the date the permit would otherwise expire under 1-11 this code if the fee for the permit is increased proportionately. 1-12 SECTION 2. Section 61.03, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended 1-13 by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as 1-14 follows: 1-15 (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (d), a license 1-16 may not be issued for a term longer than one year. Any license 1-17 except a branch, importer's, importer's carrier's, or temporary 1-18 license expires one year after the date on which it is issued. 1-19 (d) The commission may adopt rules that allow a person who 1-20 applies for or renews a type of license designated by the 1-21 commission to choose an expiration date for the license that falls 1-22 on an anniversary of the date the license would otherwise expire 1-23 under this code if the fee for the license is increased 1-24 proportionately. 2-1 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.