78S30633 AJA-D

By:  Madla                                                        S.B. No. 22 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to appropriation of certain funds collected by the Texas 
Alcoholic Beverage Commission that will be transferred to the Texas 
Department of Agriculture.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this 
section, all surcharges collected during the state fiscal biennium 
beginning September 1, 2003, by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage 
Commission under Section 5.55(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, as added 
by Chapter 101, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 
2003, are appropriated to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission 
for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2003, for the 
purpose described by Section 5.55, Alcoholic Beverage Code.
	(b)  The amount appropriated to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage 
Commission under this section may not exceed $500,000.
	(c)  Any increase in state employee benefit costs at the 
Texas Department of Agriculture incurred during the state fiscal 
biennium beginning September 1, 2003, in connection with 
administering Section 5.55(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, as added by 
Chapter 101, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, 
or the Texas Wine Marketing Assistance Program established by 
Chapter 110, Alcoholic Beverage Code, shall be paid out of the funds 
transferred under Section 5.55, Alcoholic Beverage Code, and shall 
be allocated to the appropriate employee benefit appropriation 
items in accordance with applicable rules of the comptroller.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.