LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 24, 2009

TO:	Honorable Edmund Kuempel, Chair, House Committee on Licensing & Administrative Procedures
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2755 by Truitt (Relating to the delinquent payment by an alcoholic beverage retailer of an account for liquor.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Alcoholic Beverage Code allowing wholesale dealers to report retailers delinquent in payment for an account for liquor to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) by electronic transmission.  The bill would also allow a wholesale dealer to sell liquor to a retailer delinquent in payment for an account for liquor who has subsequently paid in full but has not yet had the delinquent account cleared from TABC’s records.  The bill would take effect September 1, 2009.

 

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) anticipates no significant fiscal impact to their agency.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

458 Alcoholic Beverage Commission

LBB Staff:

JOB, JRO, GG, ESi