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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to eligibility of certain persons for an alcoholic |
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beverage license or permit. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.44, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.44. PREMISES INELIGIBLE FOR PERMIT OR LICENSE. (a) |
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If an order of suspension against a permit or license is pending or |
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unexpired, or if the commission has initiated action to cancel or |
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suspend a permit or license, no permit or license may be issued for |
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or transferred to the same licensed premises. |
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(b) The commission or administrator shall refuse to issue |
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for a period of three years a permit or license for any location to |
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an applicant who submitted a prior application that expired or was |
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voluntarily surrendered before the hearing on the application was |
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held on a protest involving allegations of prostitution, a |
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shooting, stabbing, or other violent act, or an offense involving |
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drugs. The three-year period commences on the date the prior |
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application expired or was voluntarily surrendered. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an application for a license or permit submitted on or after the |
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effective date of this Act, regardless of the date on which a |
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previous application expired or surrendered. An application |
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submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and |
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that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |