78R6709 AJA-D
By: Madla S.B. No. 855
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to funding of the Texas Wine Marketing Assistance Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 5, Alcoholic Beverage
Code, is amended by adding Section 5.55 to read as follows:
Sec. 5.55. FUNDING OF TEXAS WINE MARKETING ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM. (a) Notwithstanding the General Appropriations Act or
any other law, on or before October 1 of each fiscal year, the
commission shall transfer from funds appropriated to the commission
$250,000 to the Department of Agriculture to be used by the
department to implement the Texas Wine Marketing Assistance Program
established by Chapter 110.
(b) The commission in accordance with this subsection may
recover the amount transferred under Subsection (a) by imposing a
surcharge on licenses and permits, other than an agent's permit or
an agent's beer license, issued or renewed by the commission each
fiscal year. The surcharge shall be an amount equal to the amount
transferred under Subsection (a) divided by the number of licenses
and permits the commission anticipates issuing during that year,
rounded down to the next lowest whole dollar.
(c) The governing body of an incorporated city or town or
the commissioners court of a county may not levy and collect a fee
under Section 11.38 or 61.36 based on a surcharge imposed under this
section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.