Bill Text: TX SB195 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to grounds for refusal of certain alcoholic beverage licenses and permits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2020-11-16 - Filed [SB195 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB195-Introduced.html

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87R1701 JAM-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 195

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to grounds for refusal of certain alcoholic beverage
licenses and permits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.44(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The commission shall deny an application for a permit or
license for any location of an applicant who submitted a prior
application that expired or was voluntarily surrendered before the
hearing on the application was held on a protest involving
allegations of prostitution, a shooting, stabbing, or other violent
act, or an offense involving drugs, [or] trafficking of persons, or
drink solicitation as described by Section 104.01 before the third
anniversary of the date the prior application expired or was
voluntarily surrendered.
SECTION 2. Section 11.46(c), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The commission shall deny for a period of one year after
cancellation an application for a mixed beverage permit or private
club registration permit for a premises where a license or permit
has been canceled during the preceding 12 months as a result of:
(1) a shooting, stabbing, or other violent act; [,] or
(2) [as a result of] an offense involving drugs,
prostitution, [or] trafficking of persons, or drink solicitation as
described by Section 104.01.
SECTION 3. Section 61.42(c), Alcoholic Beverage Code, as
effective September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
(c) The commission shall deny for a period of one year an
application for a retail dealer's on-premise license or a wine and
malt beverage retailer's permit for a premises where a license or
permit has been canceled during the preceding 12 months as a result
of:
(1) a shooting, stabbing, or other violent act; [,] or
(2) [as a result of] an offense involving drugs,
prostitution, [or] trafficking of persons, or drink solicitation as
described by Section 104.01.
SECTION 4. Sections 11.44(b), 11.46(c), and 61.42(c),
Alcoholic Beverage Code, as amended by this Act, apply to an
application for an alcoholic beverage permit or license filed on or
after the effective date of this Act or pending on the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.