78R2889 MCK-D

By:  Whitmire                                                     S.B. No. 863



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to security costs required of a person who contests 
certain alcoholic beverage license applications.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 61.39, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 61.39.  MAY CONTEST APPLICATION.  Any person may 
contest the facts stated in an application for a license to 
distribute, manufacture, or sell beer at retail, or the applicant's 
right to secure a license, if the person [he] gives security for all 
costs which may be incurred in the contest if the case should be 
decided in favor of the applicant.  No security for costs may be 
required of an officer of a county or incorporated city or town or 
an elected officer of the state or federal government.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.