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- Jurisdiction
- Texas (State alcoholic-beverage regulator) · Texas
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Emergency rule adopted on a finding of imminent peril; 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 50.28(c)
- Issued
- 2020-05-20 May 20, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-20 (filed with the Secretary of State) (read as 2020-05-20)
- End
- 90 days after filing (about August 18, 2020) unless extended under Gov't Code § 2001.034(c) (read as 2020-08-18)
- In force
- May 20, 2020 to Aug. 18, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesOther
- Addressees
- seller-server certificate holders
- TABC-licensed bars and restaurants that employ them
- Functions reached
- HR training and credentialing
- WF workforce availability
- Collection
- State alcoholic-beverage regulators AGY-ST-ALCOHOL
Operative words
a certificate with an expiration date falling between March 13, 2020 and May 13, 2020, inclusive, shall not expire and shall remain valid for all purposes for 90 days following the date this emergency rule is filed with the Texas Register.... to extend the expiration dates for seller server certificates that would otherwise expire during the period of economic shutdown caused by COVID-19.
Enforcement
Rule of the Commission; certification is a condition of the safe-harbor defense in Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 106.14
Notes
The Commission's own finding: 'the period of economic shutdown caused by COVID-19' and the need for 'the businesses that rely upon those employees to reopen'.