| TO: | Honorable Kino Flores, Chair, House Committee on Licensing & Administrative Procedures |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB3102 by Anchia (Relating to procedures governing the application for certain alcoholic beverage licenses and permits.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Alcoholic Beverage Code relating to procedures governing the application for certain alcoholic beverage licenses and permits.
The bill would amend Alcoholic Beverage Code, Section 61 which states that the Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) shall compile information to inform the public about issues relevant to the contest of a license or permit application and publish this information on the agency website and on a brochure. The bill also states that license renewal applications shall be filed in writing in the county in which the license premises are location no later than 30 days before the license expires. The bill states the statute changes apply only to an original alcoholic beverage license or permits filed on or after the effective date of this Act or for the renewal of a license or permit that expires on or after November 1, 2007. The bill states applications for an original license or permit filed before the effective date of the Act or for the renewal of a license or permit that expires before November 1, 2007, is in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act. The bill would take effect September 1, 2007
TABC states the fiscal impact of the bill to the state would be $6,400 in 2008 to update the agency's website and $1,800 each year for the years 2009 through 2012 for printing public information to implement the provisions of the bill. It is assumed the TABC costs could be absorbed within the agency’s current appropriations and therefore would not result in a significant fiscal impact to the state.
| Source Agencies: | 458 Alcoholic Beverage Commission
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, JRO, GG, LG
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