(A) City permits shall be renewed every two years. All permits shall terminate at midnight on the day before the anniversary date of the state permit, and no city permit shall be issued covering a term longer than one year.
(B) Not later than 90 days prior to the renewal date, the permittee shall provide to the City Secretary, in a form acceptable to the city, a completed renewal application. The applicant shall present to the City Secretary a renewal permit or license duly issued by the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Commission, authorizing such person to manufacture, sell, possess for purpose of sale, import into the state, or transport liquor in the state. A copy of this document shall be attached to the application.
(C) A permittee who sells an alcoholic beverage without first having paid the applicable permit renewal fee under this section commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine.
(D) Subject to the exception contained in Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 11.38(d)(3), the city shall require payment of an annual permit renewal fee for selling alcoholic beverages within the city and, except as limited by Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 11.38(d)(3), the permit renewal fee shall be equal to one-half of the state fee required by the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Commission unless a different fee is allowed or required by state law.
(2012 Code, § 19-75)