82R13396 MCK-D By: Taylor of Collin H.B. No. 3159 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to processing applications for certain alcoholic beverage licenses or permits. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 11, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended by adding Section 11.311 to read as follows: Sec. 11.311. TIME FOR PROCESSING APPLICATIONS. (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date the commission receives an application for a permit, the commission shall notify the applicant if the application is incomplete. (b) Not later than the 90th day after the date the commission receives a completed application for a permit, the commission shall approve or deny the application and notify the applicant of the commission's decision. SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 61, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended by adding Section 61.331 to read as follows: Sec. 61.331. TIME FOR ACTION BY COMMISSION OR ADMINISTRATOR. The commission's or administrator's decision to issue or refuse to issue a license under Section 61.33 must be made not later than the 90th day after the date the commission receives a report under Section 61.32(b) certifying that the license application was approved by the county judge. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.