Sec. 61.35. LICENSE FEES. (a) A separate license fee is required for each place of business that brews, imports, or sells malt beverages.
(b) All license fees shall be deposited as provided in Section 205.02. Each license application must be accompanied by a cashier's check, a teller's check, a check drawn on the account of a corporation applying for a license or on the account of a corporation that is an agent for the person applying for a license, a money order, or payment by credit card, charge card, or other electronic form of payment approved by commission rule for the amount of the state fee, payable to the order of the comptroller.
(c) No licensee may obtain a refund on the surrender or nonuse of a license except as provided by this code.
(d) The commissioner may not refund a license fee except when the licensee is prevented from continuing in business by a local option election or when an application for a license is rejected by the commission or administrator. As much of the proceeds from license fees as is necessary may be appropriated for that purpose.
(e) The commission by rule shall establish a method for transmitting five percent of the license fee to the assessor and collector of taxes of the county in which the applicant's business is located.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 464, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 763 (S.B. 1035), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 174, eff. September 1, 2021.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 3 - Licenses and Permits
Chapter 61 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Licenses
Subchapter B. Application and Issuance of Licenses
Section 61.31. Application for License
Section 61.313. Protest by Member of the Public
Section 61.314. Protest by Government Official
Section 61.34. Appeal From Denial
Section 61.36. Local Fee Authorized
Section 61.37. Certification of Wet or Dry Status
Section 61.38. Notice of Application
Section 61.381. Notice by Sign
Section 61.382. Notice by Mail
Section 61.40. Premises Ineligible for License
Section 61.41. Second License at Same Location; Effect on Existing License
Section 61.42. Mandatory Grounds for Denial: Distributor or Retailer
Section 61.421. Denial of License Authorizing On-Premises Consumption
Section 61.43. Discretionary Grounds for Denial: Distributor or Retailer
Section 61.44. Denial of Distributor's or Retailer's License: Prohibited Interests
Section 61.45. Denial of Retailer's or Distributor's License: Prohibited Interest in Premises
Section 61.46. Brewer's License: Grounds for Denial
Section 61.48. Renewal Application
Section 61.49. Action on Renewal Application by Commission; Refund of Fee
Section 61.50. Renewal of Retail Dealer's License: Grounds for Denial
Section 61.51. Premises Defined; Designation of Licensed Premises