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.