H.B. No. 2707

	AN ACT
	relating to the holding of an interest in certain alcoholic
	beverage licenses, permits, or premises by certain persons whose
	alcoholic beverage license or permit has been revoked.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  This Act shall be known as Erik's Law.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 11, Alcoholic Beverage
	Code, is amended by adding Section 11.481 to read as follows:
	Sec. 11.481.  REFUSAL OF PERMIT AUTHORIZING ON-PREMISES
	CONSUMPTION. (a)  In this section, "applicant" has the meaning
	assigned by Section 11.45.
	(b)  The commission or administrator shall refuse to issue an
	original or renewal permit authorizing on-premises consumption of
	alcoholic beverages, with or without a hearing, if the commission
	or administrator has reasonable grounds to believe and finds that,
	during the three years preceding the date the permit application
	was filed, a license or permit previously held under this code by
	the applicant, a person who owns the premises for which the permit
	is sought, or an officer of  a person who owns the premises for which
	the permit is sought was canceled or not renewed as a result of a
	shooting, stabbing, or other violent act.
	(c)  This section does not apply to the issuance of an
	original or renewal permit authorizing on-premises consumption for
	a location that also holds a food and beverage certificate but does
	not hold a late hours permit.
	SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 61, Alcoholic Beverage
	Code, is amended by adding Section 61.421 to read as follows:
	Sec. 61.421.  REFUSAL OF LICENSE AUTHORIZING ON-PREMISES
	CONSUMPTION.  (a)  In this section, "applicant" has the meaning
	assigned by Section 11.45.
	(b)  The commission or administrator, with or without a
	hearing, or the county judge, shall refuse to issue or approve an
	original or renewal license authorizing on-premises consumption of
	alcoholic beverages if the commission, administrator, or county
	judge has reasonable grounds to believe and finds that, during the
	three years preceding the date the license application was filed, a
	license or permit previously held under this code by the applicant,
	a person who owns the premises for which the license is sought, or
	an officer of a person who owns the premises for which the license
	is sought was canceled or not renewed as a result of a shooting,
	stabbing, or other violent act.
	(c)  This section does not apply to the issuance of an
	original or renewal license authorizing on-premises consumption
	for a location that holds a food and beverage certificate but does
	not hold a late hours license.
	SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an application for an original or renewal license or permit that
	is filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An application
	filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
	in effect immediately before that date, and that law is continued in
	effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2707 was passed by the House on May
	11, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 121, Nays 24, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2707 was passed by the Senate on May
	23, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays 3.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor