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| 1 | 1 | By: Watson S.B. No. 409 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Kuempel) | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the issuance of an alcoholic beverage permit or license | |
| 8 | 8 | covering certain premises where a previous permit or license holder | |
| 9 | 9 | has been evicted. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 11.44, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to | |
| 13 | 13 | read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), if [If] an order | |
| 15 | 15 | of suspension against a permit or license is pending or unexpired, | |
| 16 | 16 | or if the commission has initiated action to cancel or suspend a | |
| 17 | 17 | permit or license, no permit or license may be issued for or | |
| 18 | 18 | transferred to the same licensed premises. | |
| 19 | 19 | (c) The commission may issue an original permit or license | |
| 20 | 20 | covering an otherwise permitted or licensed premises under | |
| 21 | 21 | conditions described by Subsection (a) if: | |
| 22 | 22 | (1) the holder of the permit or license that is subject | |
| 23 | 23 | to the pending or unexpired suspension order or against which the | |
| 24 | 24 | cancellation or suspension action has been initiated has been | |
| 25 | 25 | evicted from the premises under a final, nonappealable court | |
| 26 | 26 | judgment; and | |
| 27 | 27 | (2) all other conditions for the issuance of the new | |
| 28 | 28 | permit or license covering the premises are met by the applicant. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |