78R9685 MCK-D


By:  Gutierrez                                                    H.B. No. 1998



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to changing the titles of the heads of the staff of the 
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission to executive director and 
deputy executive director.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 5.11, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 5.11.  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [ADMINISTRATOR].  (a)  The 
commission shall appoint an executive director [administrator] to 
serve at its will and, subject to its supervision, administer this 
code.  Unless the commission orders otherwise, the executive 
director [administrator] shall be manager, secretary, and 
custodian of all records.  The executive director [administrator] 
shall devote the executive director's [his] entire time to the 
office and shall receive a salary as appropriated by the 
legislature.  The executive director [administrator] shall execute 
a bond in the sum of $10,000, payable to the state, and conditioned 
as the commission requires.
	(b)  A reference in this code or another law to the 
administrator of the commission means the executive director.
	SECTION 2.  Section 5.13, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 5.13.  DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [ASSISTANT 
ADMINISTRATOR].  The executive director [administrator] shall 
appoint a deputy executive director [an assistant administrator].  
The deputy executive director [assistant administrator] must meet 
the same qualifications as the executive director [administrator].  
The deputy executive director [assisant administrator] shall take 
the constitutional oath of office and make a bond in the same amount 
and on the same conditions as the executive director's
[administrator's] bond.  In the absence of the executive director
[administrator], or in case of the executive director's [his] 
inability to act, the deputy executive director [assistant 
administrator] shall perform the duties conferred on the executive 
director [administrator] by law or delegated to the executive 
director [administrator] by the commission.  If there is a vacancy 
in the office of executive director [administrator], the deputy 
executive director [assistant administrator] shall perform the 
duties of the executive director [administrator] until an executive 
director [administrator] has been appointed by the commission.  At 
other times the deputy executive director [he] shall perform those 
duties and have those functions, powers, and authority as may be 
delegated to the deputy executive director [him] by the executive 
director [administrator].
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.