The Alcoholic Beverage Commission of Texas , or TABC (formerly Texas Liquor Control Board ), is a Texas public agent responsible for organizing, checking, and burdening the production, sale and use of alcoholic beverages within the country. It was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Austin.
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Responsibility and strength
TABC organic law, Alcoholic Beverage Code of Texas , authorizes agencies to:
- Accept, reject, suspend, or revoke permissions and licenses in all phases of the alcoholic beverage industry
- Supervise, inspect and organize manufacturing, import, export, transportation, sales, storage, distribution, and possession of alcoholic beverages
- Assess and collect fees and taxes
- Investigate for violations of the Alcoholic Beverage Code and assist in prosecution of violators
- Capture a beverage
- Adopt quality standards and approve label and container size for all alcoholic beverages sold in Texas
- Provide rules to help the agency in all of the above, etc.
TABC agents are fully empowered state police officers with criminal jurisdiction across the state and may make arrests for any offense.
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History
In 1933, the 21st Amendment of the US Constitution ended the Prohibition and assigned responsibility for the regulation of alcoholic beverages to the states. Shortly after, the Texas Legislature passed the Texas Liquor Control Act to arrange alcohol in Texas, and on November 16, 1935, the Texas Liquor Control Board was established to enforce the Act. The name of the agency was changed to the Alcoholic Beverage Commission on January 1, 1970, and the Drug Control Law was replaced by the Alcoholic Beverage Code of Texas on September 1, 1977.
Last Call Operation
In 2006, the Commission led the Last Call Operation, where people in bars and companies serving other alcohol were arrested for drunkenness. Said Captain David Alexander, head of Task Force's Last Call of Operation, "Going to the bar is not a chance to get drunk... It's for fun, but not drunk."
Rainbow Lounge incident
On June 28, 2009, TABC officers raided the Rainbow Lounge, a gay bar in Fort Worth. Some customers were arrested for drunkenness in the bar. One of the protectors was hospitalized for the injuries he suffered during the arrest. The incident occurred on the anniversary of the Stonewall Riot, a 1969 riot in New York seen as the beginning of the LGBT rights movement. Many Rainbow Lounge visitors were present to mark the anniversary. Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief said: "It might be helpful if the waiting room owner tells [the officers] today more than just another day of the week, but at the same time they have work to do no matter what day of the week , and the job is to protect the public from people who consume too much alcohol. "
The Alcoholic Beverage Commission of Texas (TABC) has completed the use of force reports related to the incident at Fort Worth Rainbow Lounge that occurred on June 28, 2009. The 74-page report considers reports from eyewitnesses, expert witnesses, TABC employees and Fort Worth police.
The TABC internal affairs investigation report includes two unfounded allegations:
1. Agents Chris Aller and Jason Chapman are accused of participating in a bar inspection operation with the Fort Worth police on June 28, 2009, which targets the Rainbow Lounge specifically because of its gay and lesbian subscriber base in the bar. The allegation that the Rainbow Lounge is targeted to become an unfounded gay bar.
2. Agent Aller and Chapman are accused of using forces beyond what is necessary and reasonable during their contact with Jose Macias, George Armstrong and Chad Gibson when they were arrested at the Rainbow Lounge. Excessive allegations of allegations are unfounded.
Production Scandal
On April 17, 2017, the Texas Governor's Office declared that TABC Director Sherry Cook "resigned" his position on May 23, 2017 amid statements that he spent the country's taxpayer money on expensive trips to a conference funded mostly by liquor companies. The decision came a month after the Texas Tribune reported that Cook and other agency employees spent thousands of dollars in taxpayer money for trips to resorts in Florida and Hawaii, among other places, for meetings organized by the National Conference of State Liquor Administrators, a industry trade group.
Cook baked when the Texas Investigations and Ethics Committee of the Texas General Committee heard about leaflets produced using state equipment that described Cook and other top institute officials holding or drinking Lone Star Beer as they boarded the plane en route to the liquor administrator conference. Cook told lawmakers that the leaflet was "an inappropriate use of our time" and agreed it was a misuse of the country's resources to exchange email about its creation. Cook also failed to provide adequate answers for "lost" state vehicles and unnecessary "peacekeeping" certification held by him and other managers.
Country Representative Sarah Davis, R-West University Place, plays as head of the griller as chairman of the Texas House Committee on Investigation and General Ethics who has pressed Cook for answers, said on Monday that he was not briefed on the future of the TABC director. But he welcomed the reshuffle at the top of TABC - beyond Cook. "I agree with the governor's office that this is a good first step in restoring confidence in the agency," Davis said. "I think it's more than an executive director who travels with taxpayer dollars to Hawaii.Based on Thursday's testimony, how can Texan have confidence in TABC with the ongoing work of one of the witnesses summoned?"
John Wittman, spokesman for Governor Greg Abbott - who appointed the commissioners who oversaw TABC - said that Cook's departure would help the agency return with a strong footing. "It became clear that action needs to be taken to restore confidence in agents," Wittman said. "And Ms Cook's resignation is the first step in the process."
Also reacted to Cook's announcement, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said in a tweet: "It's time to clean up the house from regulators do not spend taxpayer money wisely.This is a good start."
The clerk crashed
Since the formation of the Alcoholic Beverage Commission of Texas, two officers were killed while on duty.
References
External links
- Downloadable audio interview with Carolyn Beck's spokesperson at Free Talk Live
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