Bill Text: TX HB446 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to refunds of certain bingo licensing and registration fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-09 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB446 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB446-Comm_Sub.html
85R11543 DMS-D | |||
By: Bell | H.B. No. 446 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 446: | |||
By: Goldman | C.S.H.B. No. 446 |
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relating to refunds of certain bingo licensing and registration | ||
fees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2001.103, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) On request, the commission shall refund to an | ||
authorized organization the $25 temporary license fee submitted | ||
under Subsection (a) not later than the 30th day after the date the | ||
commission receives the request for the refund, if: | ||
(1) the authorized organization does not use the | ||
temporary license to conduct bingo before the first anniversary of | ||
the date of the license's issuance; or | ||
(2) the authorized organization requests withdrawal | ||
of the application before the temporary license is issued, except | ||
the commission may retain an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the | ||
license fee to defray any administrative cost incurred by the | ||
commission in processing the application. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 2001.104, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
(f) The commission shall refund the fee for an initial or | ||
renewal license to conduct bingo if the applicant requests | ||
withdrawal of the application before the license is issued or if the | ||
commission denies the application, except the commission may retain | ||
an amount not to exceed the lesser of 50 percent of the license fee | ||
or $150 to defray any administrative cost incurred by the | ||
commission in processing the application. The commission shall | ||
issue the refund not later than the 30th day after the date the | ||
commission receives the withdrawal request or denies the | ||
application. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 2001.158, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) The commission shall refund the fee for an initial or | ||
renewal commercial lessor license if the applicant requests | ||
withdrawal of the application before the license is issued or if the | ||
commission denies the application, except the commission may retain | ||
an amount not to exceed the lesser of 50 percent of the license fee | ||
or $150 to defray any administrative cost incurred by the | ||
commission in processing the application. The commission shall | ||
issue the refund not later than the 30th day after the date the | ||
commission receives the withdrawal request or denies the | ||
application. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 2001.205, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) The commission shall refund the fee for an initial or | ||
renewal manufacturer's license if the applicant requests | ||
withdrawal of the application before the license is issued or if the | ||
commission denies the application, except the commission may retain | ||
an amount not to exceed the lesser of 50 percent of the license fee | ||
or $150 to defray any administrative cost incurred by the | ||
commission in processing the application. The commission shall | ||
issue the refund not later than the 30th day after the date the | ||
commission receives the withdrawal request or denies the | ||
application. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 2001.209, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) The commission shall refund the fee for an initial or | ||
renewal distributor's license if the applicant requests withdrawal | ||
of the application before the license is issued or if the commission | ||
denies the application, except the commission may retain an amount | ||
not to exceed the lesser of 50 percent of the license fee or $150 to | ||
defray any administrative cost incurred by the commission in | ||
processing the application. The commission shall issue the refund | ||
not later than the 30th day after the date the commission receives | ||
the withdrawal request or denies the application. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 2001.306, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
(f) The commission shall refund the fee for amending a | ||
license issued under this chapter if the applicant requests | ||
withdrawal of the amendment application before the amended license | ||
is issued or if the commission denies the amendment application, | ||
except the commission may retain an amount not to exceed 50 percent | ||
of the amendment fee to defray any administrative cost incurred by | ||
the commission in processing the amendment application. The | ||
commission shall issue the refund not later than the 30th day after | ||
the date the commission receives the withdrawal request or denies | ||
the application. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 2001.313, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (b-3) to read as follows: | ||
(b-3) The commission shall refund the fee submitted under | ||
Subsection (b-2) for an initial or renewal registration application | ||
if the applicant requests withdrawal of the application before the | ||
applicant is listed on the registry or if the commission denies the | ||
registration and listing, except the commission may retain an | ||
amount not to exceed 50 percent of the registration fee to defray | ||
any administrative cost incurred by the commission in processing | ||
the application. The commission shall issue the refund not later | ||
than the 30th day after the date the commission receives the | ||
withdrawal request or denies the application. | ||
SECTION 8. Section 2001.437, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: | ||
(i) The commission shall refund the fee for an initial or | ||
renewal unit manager license if the applicant requests withdrawal | ||
of the application before the license is issued or if the commission | ||
denies the application, except the commission may retain an amount | ||
not to exceed the lesser of 50 percent of the license fee or $150 to | ||
defray any administrative cost incurred by the commission in | ||
processing the application. The commission shall issue the refund | ||
not later than the 30th day after the date the commission receives | ||
the withdrawal request or denies the application. | ||
SECTION 9. Chapter 2001, Occupations Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies only to an application and fee submitted under | ||
that chapter on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
application and fee submitted before the effective date of this Act | ||
is governed by the law in effect on the date the application and fee | ||
are submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 10. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018. |