ORD CC 01/11/72 - Liquor License FeesORDINANCE 12 -3 -71
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF HUNTSVILT,F, TEXAS, BY ADDING A NEW SUB - PARAGRAPH TO CHAPTER
3A, PROVIDING FOR AND LEVYING A FEE UPON ANY PERMIT OR LICENSE
APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD, PROVIDING FOR
CERTIFICATION OF ANY SUCH APPLICATION BY'THE CITY SECRETARY AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVITTR,
TEXAS, that Chapter 3A of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Huntsville, Texas, be amended by adding to said Chapter an additional
sub - paragraph to be numbered consecutively after all other paragraphs
in said Chapter, with said new sub - paragraph to read as follows:
A.
B.
C.
There is hereby levied against any person, as that term
is defined in the Texas Liquor Control Act, a fee equal
to one -half of the State fee required for payment upon
application by any person for any license or permit
authorized to be issued by the Texas Liquor Control Board
for the purpose of conducting any business involving the
sale of alcoholic beverages. The levy of the fee herein
made, shall be due and payable upon the initial appli-
cation of any person for any such license or permit and
thereafter shall be due and payable upon renewal of any
such permit by such person.
The City Secretary of the City of Huntsville shall not cer-
tify or approve any application by any person for the sale
of alcoholic beverages for submission to the Texas Liquor
Control Board until such time as said person has paid the
fee levied herein. Upon payment of such fee, the City
Secretary shall issue his receipt therefor as evidence
of the payment of same. Such said receipt shall be
prominently displayed if required by the Texas Liquor
Control Board.
No person shall be entitled to conduct any business in-
volving
the sale of alcoholic beverages within the corpo-
rate limits of the City of Huntsville, Texas, unless and
until the fees levied herein shall have been paid and
collected as required herein.
D. The within ordinance shall be effective from and after
the date of final passage.
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PASSED AND APPROVED on the % ¢ day of 1971.
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ATTEST:
eldon Coleman, ity Secretary
PROVED AS TO FO
Martin D. Colley, City Attorney!
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