By: Goldman H.B. No. 3660
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to penalties imposed on a holder of an alcoholic beverage
license or permit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.641, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Notwithstanding (c), the commission may seek to impose
an administrative sanction against a permit or license holder when
the administrative sanction arises from the same facts or
circumstances as a criminal prosecution, so long as the sanction is
not dependent on a finding of guilt for the commission of a criminal
offense.
SECTION 2. Section 11.641, Alcoholic Beverage Code, as
amended by this Act, applies only to the imposition of an
administrative sanction for a violation that occurs on or after the
effective date of this Act. The imposition of a civil penalty,
including cancellation of a permit, for a violation that occurs
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.