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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to suspension or cancellation of certain alcoholic |
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beverage permits for nonpayment of accounts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 11, Alcoholic Beverage |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 11.614 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.614. SUSPENSION OR CANCELLATION FOR NONPAYMENT OF |
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ACCOUNT. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), the commission may, after |
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notice and hearing, cancel or suspend a wholesaler's, general class |
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B wholesaler's, or local class B wholesaler's permit on proof that |
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the permit holder, after reasonable opportunity to do so, failed to |
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make a timely and sufficient payment for a product purchased from |
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the holder of a nonresident seller's, nonresident brewer's, |
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brewer's, or distiller's and rectifier's permit. |
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(b) The commission may cancel or suspend a permit under this |
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section only after receipt of a complaint by the permit holder to |
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whom payment is owed. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to payment for a product purchased on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. Payment for a product purchased before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that |
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date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |