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 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 clarity and administrative...
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 Commission from three...
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.
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