79R310 AJA-D

By:  Farrar                                                       H.B. No. 275



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the application fee for a wine and beer retailer's 
permit.      
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 25.02, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 25.02.  FEE.  Except as provided in Section 25.03 [of 
this code], the [annual] state fee for a wine and beer retailer's 
permit is:
		(1)  $1,000 for an original permit; and                                
		(2)  $175 annually for a renewal permit.                        
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to an original application for a wine and beer retailer's permit 
filed on or after the effective date of this Act.  An application 
filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law 
in effect immediately before that date, and that law is continued in 
effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  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 September 1, 2005.