Bill Text: TX HB3399 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the issuance and duration of certain temporary alcoholic beverage permits and licenses; changing the amounts of fees.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-18 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB3399 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB3399-Introduced.html

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86R8425 BEE-D
By: Zedler H.B. No. 3399

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance and duration of certain temporary
alcoholic beverage permits and licenses; changing the amounts of
fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 27.02, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 27.02. FEE. The state fee for a temporary wine and
beer retailer's permit is $10 for each day the permit is valid
[$30]. No refund shall be allowed for the surrender or nonuse of
the permit.
SECTION 2. Section 27.03, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 27.03. DURATION OF PERMIT. (a) A [Except as provided
by Subsection (b), a] temporary wine and beer retailer's permit may
be issued for the number of days requested in the application, not
to exceed the length of the event at which the permit holder will be
selling wine, beer, and malt liquor [a period of not more than four
days].
(b) The commission by rule shall establish the maximum
length of time a [A] temporary wine and beer retailer's permit
holder [issued under Section 27.07] may sell wine, beer, and malt
liquor at the same location under a permit issued under this
subchapter [be issued for a period of five days. On notice to the
commission, the commission may extend the permit for one additional
day to accommodate the postponement of scheduled racing events due
to an act of nature].
SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 27, Alcoholic Beverage
Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER B. SPECIAL EVENT [THREE-DAY] WINE AND BEER PERMIT
Sec. 27.11. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. The holder of a special
event [three-day] wine and beer permit may sell for consumption on
the premises for which the permit is issued, but not for resale,
wine, beer, and malt liquors containing alcohol in excess of
one-half of one percent by volume but not more than 17 percent by
volume.
Sec. 27.12. FEE. The state fee for a special event
[three-day] wine and beer permit is $10 for each day the permit is
valid [$30].
Sec. 27.125. DURATION OF PERMIT. (a) A special event wine
and beer permit may be issued for the number of days requested in
the application not to exceed the length of the event at which the
permit holder will be selling wine, beer, and malt liquor.
(b) The commission by rule shall establish the maximum
length of time a special event wine and beer permit holder may sell
wine, beer, and malt liquor at the same location under a permit
issued under this subchapter.
Sec. 27.13. ISSUANCE OF PERMIT. (a) The commission may
issue a special event [three-day] wine and beer permit directly to a
nonprofit charitable, civic, or religious organization for the
temporary serving of wine and beer at a picnic, celebration, or
similar event sponsored by the organization.
(b) The commission by rule may limit the number of special
event [three-day] wine and beer permits issued in each calendar
year to a single nonprofit charitable, civic, or religious
organization for events sponsored by that organization.
(c) If a special event [three-day] wine and beer permit is
issued for a premises in an area in which the sale of beer for
on-premise consumption has been authorized by a local option
election, but the sale of wine for on-premise consumption has not
been authorized, then the permittee is only authorized to sell
beer.
Sec. 27.14. APPLICATION OF WINE AND BEER RETAILER'S PERMIT
PROVISIONS. A provision of this code that applies to a wine and
beer retailer permit applies to a special event [three-day] wine
and beer permit unless the provision conflicts with a provision of
this subchapter.
Sec. 27.15. RULES. The commission shall [may] adopt rules
as necessary to implement and administer this subchapter.
SECTION 4. Chapter 30, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended
by adding Section 30.025 to read as follows:
Sec. 30.025. DURATION OF PERMIT. (a) A daily temporary
mixed beverage permit may be issued for the number of days requested
in the application, not to exceed the length of the event at which
the permit holder will be selling authorized alcoholic beverages.
(b) The commission by rule shall establish the maximum
length of time a daily temporary mixed beverage permit holder may
sell authorized alcoholic beverages at the same location under a
permit issued under this chapter.
SECTION 5. Section 30.03(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) [The commission may, in its discretion, issue on a
temporary basis a daily temporary mixed beverage permit.] A daily
temporary mixed beverage permit may be issued only to a holder of a
mixed beverage permit for the temporary sale of authorized
alcoholic beverages at picnics, celebrations, or similar events, or
to a political party or political association supporting a
candidate for public office or a proposed amendment to the Texas
Constitution or other ballot measure, to an organization formed for
a specific charitable or civic purpose, to a fraternal organization
in existence for over five years with a regular membership, or to a
religious organization. The commission shall not issue more than
10 temporary mixed beverage permits in each calendar year to a
person who does not also hold a mixed beverage permit.
SECTION 6. Section 72.02, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 72.02. FEE. The state fee for a temporary license is
$7.50 for each day the license is valid [$30]. No refund shall be
allowed for the surrender or nonuse of a temporary license.
SECTION 7. Section 72.03, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 72.03. DURATION OF LICENSE. A temporary license may be
issued for the number of days requested in the application, not to
exceed the length of the event at which the license holder will be
selling wine, beer, and malt liquor [a period of not more than four
days].
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.