HBA-CMT H.B. 1524 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1524
By: Wilson
Licensing & Administrative Procedures
3/20/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) issues over 60 different
licenses and permits in the regulation of alcoholic beverages.
Streamlining the types of permits in certain cases will eliminate confusion
and ease the administrative burden for TABC and businesses applying for or
holding permits.  House Bill 1524 combines two different permits, the
industrial and local industrial alcohol manufacturer's permit, into one
permit. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1524 amends the Alcoholic Beverage Code to authorize the holder
of an industrial permit to manufacture, rectify, and refine industrial
alcohol, denture alcohol, sell dentured or industrial produced alcohol, and
blend industrial alcohol produced under the permit with petroleum
distillates and sell or use the resulting product as a motor fuel.  The
bill prohibits an industrial permittee from transporting the alcohol
produced under the industrial permit unless all of the necessary documents
required by the Alcoholic Beverage Code are prepared.   

The bill repeals law relating to a local industrial alcohol manufacturer's
permit (local permit) and transfers other provisions relating to the local
permit to the chapter of the Alcoholic Beverage Code governing industrial
permits such that those transferred provisions now apply to industrial
permits. 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.