BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	H.B. 4456
86R24090 JAM-F	By: Geren (Hancock)
	Business & Commerce
	5/3/2019
	Engrossed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

It has been suggested that conforming the alcohol laws in the multicounty jurisdiction for the City of Fort Worth would be beneficial. H.B. 4456 seeks to establish such conformity.

H.B. 4456 amends current law relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in areas annexed or owned by certain municipalities.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 251.726(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, as follows:

(a) Provides that this section (Change of Status For Territory Annexed by Certain Municipalities) applies only to a municipality that has within its boundaries all or part of an international airport operated jointly by two municipalities and:

(1)  that:

(A) creates this paragraph from existing text and makes a nonsubstantive change; and

(B) creates this paragraph from former Subdivision (2) and makes a nonsubstantive change; or

(2)  that:

(A) is partially located in five counties, one of which has a population of 1.8 million or more and is adjacent to a county with a population of 2.2 million or more;

(B)  is subject to a limited purpose annexation and development agreement under Subchapter G (Agreement Governing Certain Land in a Municipality's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction), Chapter 212, Local Government Code; and

(C)  may annex an area on request of the owners of land in the area under Subchapter C-3 (Annexation of Area on Request of Owners: Tier 2 Municipality), Chapter 43, Local Government Code, and

SECTION 2. Provides that the change in law made by this Act applies to an area annexed or acquired by a municipality before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 2019.