HBA-JEK H.B. 3700 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3700 By: Wilson Licensing & Administrative Procedures 5/8/2001 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Current law requires the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) to issue several different types of beverage permits, including local class B wholesaler's permits for the sale of malt and vinous liquors, beverage cartage permits for the transfer of alcohol beverages to private clubs or holders of mixed beverage permits, market research packager's permits for a market research packager to receive alcoholic beverages, and local industrial alcohol manufacturer's permits related to the manufacture and refining of industrial or denatured alcohol. House Bill 3700 repeals these permits and increases the fee amounts for original or renewal mixed beverage and private club registration permits. 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 3700 amends the Alcoholic Beverage Code to repeal the local class B wholesaler's permit, the beverage cartage permit, the market research packager's permit, and the local industrial alcohol manufacturer's permit (SECTION 23). The bill authorizes a person who holds a local class B wholesaler permit to convert that permit to a general class B wholesaler's permit on payment of the appropriate fee and in accordance with procedures adopted by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) (SECTION 24). H.B. 3700 authorizes the holder of a mixed beverage permit to transport alcoholic beverages from the place of purchase to the licensed premises (Sec. 28.01). The bill authorizes the transport of alcoholic beverages belonging to members of a club with a private club registration permit from the place of purchase to the licensed premises (Sec. 32.01). The bill increases by $20 the amounts charged for an original and renewal mixed beverage permit and for a private club registration permit (Secs. 28.02 and 32.02). The bill applies provisions regarding mixed beverage permits and private club registration permits to the holder of a mixed beverage permit who also holds a food and beverage certificate (Secs. 28.19 and 32.25). H.B. 3700 authorizes the holder of an industrial permit to manufacture, rectify, refine, and denature industrial alcohol, to sell denatured or industrial alcohol to holders of industrial permits and to qualified persons outside of the state, and to blend industrial alcohol with petroleum distillates and sell or use the resulting product as motor fuel (Sec. 38.01). The bill authorizes the submission of a plant plan only by an applicant applying for these privileges (Sec. 38.09). EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001.