In times like this, we need to share our given talents. I don’t have many, but I do have an incredible staff and decades of experience and knowledge in the complexities of alcohol regulation as the past Licensing Director of...
Heads up, Industry! TABC has been busy changing and creating new application forms! Before you file an application or make a change, check TABC’s website or us, to make sure you are using the most current forms. Past administrations typically...
TABC License and Permit Holders: Did you know you are responsible for knowing the Alcoholic Beverage Code and Rules? Did you know the number of times TABC has to pay attention to you, MATTER? Regardless of if you know the...
See what the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has to say in their August 2019 Newsletter! Stay tuned here as big changes start occurring with the passage of the Sunset Bill and TABC receiving the largest budget increase in their history. ...
TABC Agent Greg Lewis, as is customary for him, does a great job of giving basic but great information concerning the Sale of Alcohol to Intoxicated Persons, in this YouTube video. If you are a TABC license/permit holder, you and your servers...
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) just published their review of 2018. Most of you know I’ve been pretty straight forward about the agency’s successes as well as failures, regardless of from inside or outside the agency. What is it...
The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission has posted their decision material for the upcoming January 9, 2019, meeting. The recommendations on the identified issues are a mixed bag ranging from simplifying the conflict of interest provisions for board members to regulating...
Even after Senator Buckingham serving on the Sunset Advisory Commission scolded the TABC for their failure to communicate major policy changes to the public at large, they completely ignore her words. In addition to allowing combined tasting rooms for manufacturers,...
The year is winding down, and so is the Sunset Review of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC). Not a problem if you didn’t get to tune into the hearing. Keep reading because it’s not too late to check things...
Sunset Issue 3 focuses on certain business practices that burden the agency (TABC) as well as the industry they regulate, with little public benefit. Sunset continues the theme concerning malt beverages and makes the bold recommendation that TABC cease product...
Sunset Issue 2 TABC Cannot Efficiently Regulate the Alcoholic Beverage Industry Without Modernizing the State’s Byzantine Licensing System. Key Recommendations • Streamline the state’s alcoholic beverage licensing system by reducing the number of licenses and permits to provide regulatory...
Sunset Issue 1 Texas Has a Continuing Need for TABC, but a Weak Commission Limits Its Ability to Effectively Oversee and Regulate the Alcoholic Beverage Industry. Key Recommendations • Continue TABC for 12 years. • Expand the Alcoholic Beverage...
The hundred-page Sunset Commission staff report of the TABC is comprehensive. Here are the highlights from my first blush of the issues and their recommendations. Issue 1 – Continue TABC for twelve years and enlarge and strengthen a weak Board....
An interesting article about yet another logistics company launching into retail alcohol delivery in Texas. The article ponders the crowded arena of alcohol delivery choices with Texas’s long thought complex alcohol regulations. At the end of the article, noting “the...
Give a few minutes to your business and get some good information from Major Mark Menn at the TABC. Thank you, Major Menn for your service. Check this out! How TABC investigates alcohol related incidents. Let us know your...
Did you know the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has a mobile app? Not only do they have a mobile app that was developed and released years ago, it can help you with your business and personal needs! I love showing...
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) held its board meeting on Sept 25, 2018. If you are a TABC license/permit holder, this meeting impacts your business! Click here to get the information you need. TABC COMMISSION MEETING SUMMARY – September...
TABC General Counsel Clark Smith has advised stakeholders he will be recommending proposal of Rule 41.22 at the Commission meeting, Tuesday, September 25th. (See agenda) https://www.tabc.texas.gov/home/commission_meeting_agenda.asp Smith recognizes this is an enormous shift in approach and will have an immediate...
Covert Compliance Checks on Retailers Minors and Fake ID’s Free Training Cooperative Operations Check out the link below for the first of monthly sessions TABC’s LUNCH AND LEARN Let us know your opinions in the comments below. Like – ...
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) has gone live with their new Open Records Center! Some of you are probably asking yourself “What is that?” It is an electronic system that allows you to request public documents or if you...
The September 6th TABC stakeholders’ meeting was the most interesting meeting this week and for me the most interesting since my retirement. This meeting was to discuss a possible new Rule 41.22 which in essence would be a rule requiring...
TABC has announced two stakeholders meeting the first week of September. The first meeting is scheduled for 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, September 4, 2018, in the Commission Meeting Room. The called purpose of this meeting is to hear input and answer...
Greetings friends and family! Oh, how I have missed some of you! I even miss some of you I would have never thought I would miss! Don’t get me wrong; retirement has been great! I received the Lifetime Achievement Award...
On June 8, 2018, the TABC released its Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2019-2023. The report mirrors many of the past reports, in that it highlights an ever-changing environment, technology needs, and lack of resources. The document as a whole...