Bill Text: TX SB699 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the certification of an area's wet or dry status for the purpose of an alcoholic beverage permit or license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-30 - Left pending in committee [SB699 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB699-Introduced.html
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By: Hall | S.B. No. 699 |
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relating to the certification of an area's wet or dry status for the | ||
purpose of an alcoholic beverage permit or license. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 11.37(a), (b), and (d), Alcoholic | ||
Beverage Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date a prospective | ||
applicant for a permit issued by the commission requests | ||
certification, the [ |
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request [ |
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the location or address given in the request [ |
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wet area and whether the sale of alcoholic beverages for which the | ||
permit is sought is prohibited by any valid order of the | ||
commissioners court. | ||
(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date a prospective | ||
applicant for a permit issued by the commission requests | ||
certification, the [ |
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which the request [ |
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certify whether the location or address given in the request | ||
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beverages for which the permit is sought is prohibited by charter or | ||
ordinance. | ||
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, if the | ||
county clerk, city secretary, or city clerk certifies that the | ||
location or address given in the request [ |
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wet area or refuses to issue the certification required by this | ||
section, the prospective applicant is entitled to a hearing before | ||
the county judge to contest the certification or refusal to | ||
certify. The prospective applicant must submit a written request | ||
to the county judge for a hearing under this subsection. The | ||
county judge shall conduct a hearing required by this subsection | ||
not later than the 30th day after the date the county judge receives | ||
the written request. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 61.37(a), (b), and (d), Alcoholic | ||
Beverage Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date a prospective | ||
applicant for a license issued by the commission requests | ||
certification, the [ |
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request [ |
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whether the location or address given in the request [ |
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is in a wet area and whether the sale of alcoholic beverages for | ||
which the license is sought is prohibited by any valid order of the | ||
commissioners court. | ||
(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date a prospective | ||
applicant for a license issued by the commission requests | ||
certification, the [ |
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which the request [ |
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certify whether the location or address given in the request | ||
[ |
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beverages for which the license is sought is prohibited by charter | ||
or ordinance. | ||
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, if the | ||
county clerk, city secretary, or city clerk certifies that the | ||
location or address given in the request [ |
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wet area or refuses to issue the certification required by this | ||
section, the prospective applicant is entitled to a hearing before | ||
the county judge to contest the certification or refusal to | ||
certify. The prospective applicant must submit a written request | ||
to the county judge for a hearing under this subsection. The county | ||
judge shall conduct a hearing required by this subsection not later | ||
than the 30th day after the date the county judge receives the | ||
written request. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 11.37 and 61.37, Alcoholic Beverage | ||
Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an application for a | ||
permit or license received on or after the effective date of this | ||
Act. An application for a permit or license received before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect | ||
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |