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By: Thompson (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) |
H.B. No. 2348 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2007; |
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May 2, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Business |
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and Commerce; May 10, 2007, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 10, 2007, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting alcoholic beverage license or permit |
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application by certain persons. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.13(c), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a |
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person who is within the fourth degree by consanguinity or affinity |
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of a licensee or permittee, as determined under Chapter 573, |
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Government Code, whose license or permit was canceled under Section |
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11.61 or 61.71 may not, for a period of three [two] years from the |
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date of the cancellation, apply for a license or permit in |
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connection with an establishment at the same location as the |
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establishment whose license or permit was canceled. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an application for an alcoholic beverage permit or license |
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submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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application submitted before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date |
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of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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