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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Honorable Bert Ford
AdnrtnlOtratOr, Texas Liquor aontrol Board
AWAn, Texas
Dear Sir:
PogGlation Pee
86,000 or less . . . . . . )~U~.g~
25,001 to 75,000 . . . .l
75,001 or more . . . . . . m:oo
'The annual fee for a paokege aton,
outside of olties and towns shall be
One Hundred and Twenty-fire ($X36)
EionorabloBert Ford, page 2
Dollare, exoept ths aunual tee ror
a pokage store outside 0r an lnoor-
porsted olty or town and wtthln
_. -~two
(2) mllsa of the oorporate limits
ehalL be the same as the roe required
in said incorporatrdcity or town.
'The annual fee for a package store
to sell wine only in cities and towns
shall be based on populationaocard-
lng to the last p~eoedingFsdsralCen-
aus as rolmf8:
Population Fe*
e,ooo or leaai.. . . . . . . # s.00
e.001 to a,000 . . . . . . . 7.80
S,OOl to 10,000. . . . . . . 10.00
10,000 or more. . . . . . . . Ui.30
*The annual ret9 rar a paokage *tore
to sell wine only outdid8 or oitiea
and towus ehall be Fire ($5) Dollars.~
“It 1s known that there hare been ohangea
in the 1940 oenaua rigtwa over those 0r 1030
whioh will a2ieot applloable permit'ieeawith- '
iu the various olaasl2loationa. All paokage
store perinltrr
expire August 81, 1940, and ara
aubjeot to renewal on September 1. Wo would
like to know the date a new redera Csnsus be-
aomea orriciallyapylloable in determinlngt the
aosecssd rates for paokage 8ton permits,w
Thla Dspartaent haa heretorora passed upon the
quoation aa to when the 1940 ~adoral amm beoomar oon-
trolllug under statutea involving population in Opinion
NO. a-8337. A copy of this opinion is enclosed ror pour
oonrsnlenoe.
It will be noted that under Submotion (8) ai
Seotion 15, Artlole I of the Teraa Liquor Oontml Aot,
that the annual fes ror a paokage store In oltlea and
towns and the annual fes ror a pWcaage atom to roll wine
only in oitles and town8 shall be based on populationaO-
oordlng to the last preceding ~edsral Census as stated in
said statute.
IionorabloBert Ford, Page 3
A8 above rmntloned all paokase rtorei psrmitr 8x-
pire August 31, 1940, on6 are subjeot to renewal on Septen-
bar 1.
In vlaw of the roregolng 8tatute and the above
mentlor:edoplnfon BTo.O-2337 you are respeottully adrlred
that it la the opinion of thi8 D8partm8nt ii the offlolal
proaounosment of the 1940 oenaus la asde prior to Septem-
b8nr1, 1940, said oenau8 would beoo&8 ofiiolally applloa-
bl8 ln deterslnlng the ass88aed rat4s for paokag4 mtor4
p8rlaltr. On the other hand, It orfloial pronouno8ment or
t&a 1940 Federal Cen8ua la not aado until after Septmnbrr
1, 1940, then the Federal aensu8 of 1930 would bo applloa-
ble in determlnlng the aclsesredrater for paokage 8tore
pemitm.
mmdng that the r0ng0iw sully an8w4rs your
inquiry, ti are
Tour6 very truly
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Combined Opinion