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August 30, 1991 Number 27 SECOND SPECIAL SESSION AD.TOURNS Governor Promises a Long Break After meeting for 177 of the first ?37 days of 1991, the Texas Legislature has folded its tents and broken camp. The Second Called Session of the Seventy-Second Legislature lasted only seven days, long enough for lawmakers to pass twelve bills and one proposed amendment to the Texas Constitution. Governor Richards promised a long hiatus, indicating that she may call the Legislature back to Austin in late 1992 to deal with (as yet undefined) health care legislation. Regardless of what may happen during that special session, if it is held, the 72nd Legislature will long be remembered for the adoption of what amounts to a corporate income tax, its approval of a state lottery, and its initiation of some rather unusual legislative procedures. City-related bills passed during the second special session are si~mmari~ed in separate sections below. Other bills include (1) the reapportionment of the state into new Congressional districts, (2) the reapportionment of the state into new State Board of Education districts, and (3) the approval of several types of state bonding authority. For TMI., the end of one process signals the beginning of another. Plans are now underway for the legislative policy development process which will begin in late 1991 and continue through to the convening ~of the 73rd Texas Legislature in January 1993. Background In 1987, the Texas Legislature added Section I09S7 to the Alcoholic Beverage Code. section provided that: 1. a municipal regulation or ordinance may not impose stricter standards on a business which is required to have an alcoholic beverage license or permit than are imposed on similar premises which are not required to have such a license or permit. Printed on recycled paper.