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By: Kuempel (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) |
H.B. No. 2560 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 1, 2009; |
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April 7, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Business and Commerce; May 6, 2009, reported favorably by the |
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following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 6, 2009, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to delinquent payment of an alcoholic beverage retailer's |
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account for liquor. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 102.32, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) The commission or administrator may not accept the |
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voluntary cancellation or suspension of a permit or allow a permit |
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to be renewed or transferred if the permit holder is delinquent in |
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the payment of an account for liquor under this section. A person |
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whose permit is canceled by the commission or whose permit has |
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expired is not eligible to hold any other permit or license under |
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this code until the person has cured any delinquency of the person |
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under this section. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2009. |
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