81R9559 MCK-D
By: Ortiz, Jr. H.B. No. 1505
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to ownership of a license or permit authorizing the sale of
alcoholic beverages at a facility owned by a municipality or
county.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 109, Alcoholic Beverage
Code, is amended by adding Section 109.5305 to read as follows:
Sec. 109.5305. OWNERSHIP OF LICENSE OR PERMIT FOR A
BUILDING OWNED BY A MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY. The provision of
Section 109.53 or a rule adopted by the commission prohibiting
subterfuge ownership of a license or permit or the premises covered
by a license or permit does not apply to a facility owned by a
municipality or county that is financed with public securities, the
interest on which is exempt from federal income taxation under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or a license or permit issued for a
premises at that facility.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.