Bill Text: TX SB549 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to refunds of certain bingo licensing and registration fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-23 - Effective on 1/1/18 [SB549 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB549-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 549 | ||
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| relating to refunds of certain bingo licensing and registration | ||
| fees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 2001.103, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) On request, the commission shall refund to an | ||
| authorized organization the $25 temporary license fee submitted | ||
| under Subsection (a) not later than the 30th day after the date the | ||
| commission receives the request for the refund, if: | ||
| (1) the authorized organization does not use the | ||
| temporary license to conduct bingo before the first anniversary of | ||
| the date of the license's issuance; or | ||
| (2) the authorized organization requests withdrawal | ||
| of the application before the temporary license is issued, except | ||
| the commission may retain an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the | ||
| license fee to defray any administrative cost incurred by the | ||
| commission in processing the application. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 2001.104, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) The commission shall refund the fee for an initial or | ||
| renewal license to conduct bingo if the applicant requests | ||
| withdrawal of the application before the license is issued or if the | ||
| commission denies the application, except the commission may retain | ||
| an amount not to exceed the lesser of 50 percent of the license fee | ||
| or $150 to defray any administrative cost incurred by the | ||
| commission in processing the application. The commission shall | ||
| issue the refund not later than the 30th day after the date the | ||
| commission receives the withdrawal request or denies the | ||
| application. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 2001.158, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) The commission shall refund the fee for an initial or | ||
| renewal commercial lessor license if the applicant requests | ||
| withdrawal of the application before the license is issued or if the | ||
| commission denies the application, except the commission may retain | ||
| an amount not to exceed the lesser of 50 percent of the license fee | ||
| or $150 to defray any administrative cost incurred by the | ||
| commission in processing the application. The commission shall | ||
| issue the refund not later than the 30th day after the date the | ||
| commission receives the withdrawal request or denies the | ||
| application. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 2001.205, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The commission shall refund the fee for an initial or | ||
| renewal manufacturer's license if the applicant requests | ||
| withdrawal of the application before the license is issued or if the | ||
| commission denies the application, except the commission may retain | ||
| an amount not to exceed the lesser of 50 percent of the license fee | ||
| or $150 to defray any administrative cost incurred by the | ||
| commission in processing the application. The commission shall | ||
| issue the refund not later than the 30th day after the date the | ||
| commission receives the withdrawal request or denies the | ||
| application. | ||
| SECTION 5. Section 2001.209, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The commission shall refund the fee for an initial or | ||
| renewal distributor's license if the applicant requests withdrawal | ||
| of the application before the license is issued or if the commission | ||
| denies the application, except the commission may retain an amount | ||
| not to exceed the lesser of 50 percent of the license fee or $150 to | ||
| defray any administrative cost incurred by the commission in | ||
| processing the application. The commission shall issue the refund | ||
| not later than the 30th day after the date the commission receives | ||
| the withdrawal request or denies the application. | ||
| SECTION 6. Section 2001.306, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) The commission shall refund the fee for amending a | ||
| license issued under this chapter if the applicant requests | ||
| withdrawal of the amendment application before the amended license | ||
| is issued or if the commission denies the amendment application, | ||
| except the commission may retain an amount not to exceed 50 percent | ||
| of the amendment fee to defray any administrative cost incurred by | ||
| the commission in processing the amendment application. The | ||
| commission shall issue the refund not later than the 30th day after | ||
| the date the commission receives the withdrawal request or denies | ||
| the application. | ||
| SECTION 7. Section 2001.313, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (b-3) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-3) The commission shall refund the fee submitted under | ||
| Subsection (b-2) for an initial or renewal registration application | ||
| if the applicant requests withdrawal of the application before the | ||
| applicant is listed on the registry or if the commission denies the | ||
| registration and listing, except the commission may retain an | ||
| amount not to exceed 50 percent of the registration fee to defray | ||
| any administrative cost incurred by the commission in processing | ||
| the application. The commission shall issue the refund not later | ||
| than the 30th day after the date the commission receives the | ||
| withdrawal request or denies the application. | ||
| SECTION 8. Section 2001.437, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: | ||
| (i) The commission shall refund the fee for an initial or | ||
| renewal unit manager license if the applicant requests withdrawal | ||
| of the application before the license is issued or if the commission | ||
| denies the application, except the commission may retain an amount | ||
| not to exceed the lesser of 50 percent of the license fee or $150 to | ||
| defray any administrative cost incurred by the commission in | ||
| processing the application. The commission shall issue the refund | ||
| not later than the 30th day after the date the commission receives | ||
| the withdrawal request or denies the application. | ||
| SECTION 9. Chapter 2001, Occupations Code, as amended by | ||
| this Act, applies only to an application and fee submitted under | ||
| that chapter on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
| application and fee submitted before the effective date of this Act | ||
| is governed by the law in effect on the date the application and fee | ||
| are submitted and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 10. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 549 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
| the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 16, 2017, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 549 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 10, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 139, | ||
| Nays 0, one present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
