[0:02] I am, I really want to thank everybody for being here. We've got a big green today. As we begin this new year, it is worth housing. We've got some very special guests. It's worth pausing to reflect on the people who make this agency what it is. This agency is defined out of the definition of responsibility about the meeting, women to carry out that mission every day. It's a movement here. I'm a little more impressed every time I came in with those folks. They often work quietly with that work ignition, but I was with professionalism and dedication to the people of Texas.

[0:33] We can have the privilege of their recognizing several individual and service provisions for

[0:37] a very best at this agency.

[0:40] First, I've got this board, this commission's proud to acknowledge the latest addition

[0:44] to the TABC hold on, and we're getting specifically to the TABC people are in just a few

[0:48] minutes as we get over the meeting, but it's appropriate that we start out recognizing them.

[0:52] This honors deserve that those who's careers have left a lasting imprint on the agency.

[0:56] Today is ought to re-eximpleify that standard in every way.

[0:59] They need us here to tell us all about it as you get to the next year, I'll take a picture with you.

[1:05] Over the course of May of 50 years, you're seeing a picture with a zelpshake generation of TADBC employees,

[1:10] not simply by managing programs and overseeing operations, but by investing deeply in people.

[1:16] They believe that when you ship this top model turned and they're committed to developing

[1:20] The future leaders are strengthening the health strength of this agency long after their

[1:25] day of their work has done.

[1:27] Their influence is evidence across TNBC today, and the supervisors mentor and the managers

[1:31] prepare to the values and still, it's telling that, like I said, it's not probably recognized

[1:36] in our all-of-honored, on behalf of the Commission, I want to thank you for a lot of time

[1:40] of service, like the TNBC, and the different agencies, and the people of the state.

[1:45] And that's so strong to the extraordinary commitment that today we will also recognize the current

[1:49] employee is just more 50 years of service to this agency. 50 years. That represents more

[1:55] than a career. It represents institutional knowledge, adaptability, and sustained excellence

[2:00] across decades of change. The majority of people can say that dedicated half a century

[2:04] to public service and even fewer have done so with the consistency, professionalism, and integrity

[2:08] that this person is in demonstrating for this agency.

[2:12] The change is a leadership laws technology of public expectation. This particular employee

[2:17] is remained as steady presence.

[2:18] Someone colleagues say they rely on who understands,

[2:21] but whether to be a TBC has been and we're

[2:23] it must continue to go, and we're

[2:25] deeply grateful for that level of commitment

[2:27] and honor to recognize the body.

[2:30] Well, I don't know about our enforcement's agency's actions

[2:33] with far beyond solidarity to save a life.

[2:36] The law enforcement work often involves

[2:37] moments to test judgment, courage, and resolve.

[2:40] In this incident, that agent plays such a moment

[2:42] and responded without hesitation.

[2:44] These actions reflect not only on their professional training, but a proud sense of responsibility to others.

[2:49] The industry, the work, learning the badges, is getting ready to act with someone like us to study.

[2:55] So this kind of service that reminds us why our work matters.

[2:58] It underscores the trust in public places, and the trust in public places in this agency.

[3:03] And then our commission piece officers.

[3:05] We are proud to recognize this agency's primary selflessness and to thank him for representing this agency with honor.

[3:13] Today's recognition span of decades rose in the responsibilities, but I share one thing in common that I find

[3:18] with all of the employees of this agency. It's a dedication to the service to leadership and to the people of this great

[3:23] study. It's my privilege to just German and ours as a commission to recognize these folks at that.

[3:28] And thank you employees and partners for the work you do every day here at the Commission.

[3:34] With that we will move on to the agenda and start with our pledge allegiance.

[4:25] swing up your opponent.

[4:30] Look at who move on to the agenda and our employee service award.

[4:35] But three minutes, maybe a minute.

[4:39] Oh, sorry, we're going to be commissioning.

[4:41] We're going to have our statement.

[4:44] We have a motion to approve the minutes from the last minute.

[4:48] Motion made in seconded.

[4:49] Any discussion? I'll wait for a second.

[4:52] Hi.

[4:53] Hi.

[4:53] All opposed?

[4:55] Motion carries?

[4:57] I like the boards, folks.

[4:59] We're not declaring it, all right?

[5:01] No, I can go for you.

[5:04] I think it's faster.

[5:06] It's faster there.

[5:07] Let's go.

[5:07] We'll click them to the extent of the team.

[5:12] Move on to our employee service award.

[5:14] I don't need a vote.

[5:15] I'm great.

[5:16] I'm great.

[5:17] Commissioner Claycraft.

[5:19] Be voted.

[5:21] Yes, sir.

[5:22] You vote.

[5:22] Yes.

[5:34] Director Fletcher.

[5:48] Just wait a second.

[5:49] I'll give you a vote.

[5:53] Please.

[5:54] You do it.

[5:55] Whatever.

[5:55] You think it's appropriate.

[5:57] We were going to do Hall of Honor first, and that's okay.

[5:59] That was perfect.

[6:04] You could guess.

[6:04] Just to the Hall of Honor slides, please.

[6:07] Just so that we can have our Hall of Honor speak to our service award as well.

[6:11] He'd like to.

[6:13] All right.

[6:15] So, for the record of my office lecture, Director of Human Resources,

[6:19] TVC's Hall of Honor was established in 2020 to recognize Outstanding Service and Leadership,

[6:25] exhibited by retired TVC employees during their career.

[6:28] You'll see the wall over there, we're inducted at at least seven employees in those five years to be eligible.

[6:34] You must have former, you must be a former employee who's sort of at least ten years with TABC and have retired from the same taxes or have died in the life of duty.

[6:45] Next slide please.

[6:48] TABC's Hall of Honor targets employees who have retired at least three years ago.

[6:52] This is intended to ensure they have left a lasting and positive impact.

[6:55] They may be civilians or certified future officers and have distinguished themselves by one of

[7:00] through categories.

[7:02] First, they epitomize TVC's organizational values such as modeling the core values of service,

[7:07] courtesy, integrity, and accountability.

[7:09] Second, they recognize as being a trailblazer with an extraordinary positive impact to

[7:14] TVC.

[7:15] Or lastly, they serve as a critical change agent, changing the outlook and focus of the organization

[7:19] or shaping an organizational environment at positive weight.

[7:22] This year, the nomination committee reviewed five nominations and made recommendations to our executive director who made final selection.

[7:30] But we're announced selectee. Next slide, please. I just want to share some information about the next

[7:39] nomination period in July. Our communication scene will push out call for nominations. We'll

[7:45] accept those through September 4 next announcement. And now without further ado, the fall

[7:51] Mr. Dean Bowman and director Josh Allandander to join me at Friendslee.

[7:56] Please.

[7:57] Mr. Danita Patsey.

[8:00] You're a member of your way up here.

[8:07] All right.

[8:09] So Mr. Bowman, Dean Bowman, would select is for our Hall of Honor because of his extraordinary

[8:14] almost 50 years service with the agency.

[8:17] He's made an extraordinary positive difference in the continual transformation of TADC and

[8:21] state leaders and organization for the future.

[8:24] Gene Bowman began his career with the TABC in 1971 as a field auditor.

[8:29] Over nearly five decades he helped key leadership roles

[8:32] including Director of Administrative Services,

[8:35] Regional Compliance Supervisor,

[8:37] and in the best director of audit and Investigations,

[8:40] Deputy Director.

[8:42] Gene oversaw state-wide tasks and regulatory audits,

[8:45] compliance enforcement and industry and investigations,

[8:48] shaping TABC operations through periods

[8:51] He retired in March 31st, 2022 after 49 years and 10 months of dedicated service.

[8:59] Sure.

[8:59] We also enjoy it.

[9:01] No, that's a wonderful achievement, would you like to bring things back to our things?

[9:05] Sure, sure, absolutely.

[9:07] So 50 years of service is remarkable in and of itself.

[9:13] But what stands out to me about being in the way that he lived, he made a huge impact on the agency.

[9:21] And his legacy will be felt there, but for me personally, Jean encouraged me to take my first leadership role here in the agency, which has led me to become the director of division today.

[9:36] So I owe a great debt to Mr. Bowman, and as I look out in the room, there are so many other leaders, including our executive director, that came up under his tutelage.

[9:49] And so that really just speaks volumes about the way that he laid it.

[9:54] Gene was always the first person here.

[9:56] Last person to lead.

[9:59] He had the privilege of managing many, you know, several divisions within our agency over

[10:05] his nearly 50 years span.

[10:07] And so, with that, he was always a wealth and knowledge.

[10:11] You could always call that.

[10:12] You could always ask him questions.

[10:15] And, you know, again, I just learned so much from him, so I was truly an honor to be standing here today, Jane, and helping celebrate this award with these congratulations, sir.

[10:50] Congratulations, Jane.

[10:52] You know, it's trained almost all the harder.

[10:57] I felt included.

[10:59] And, between you and Cliff, we couldn't be more grateful to all of you.

[11:03] Thank you very much.

[11:04] for that year.

[11:06] It was already getting up.

[11:11] Actually after being here on the 50th year,

[11:14] getting up by a quite boring.

[11:15] I still get up and about.

[11:18] I don't even know how I'm about it.

[11:20] I'm going to retire, so I'm going to be three and a half years now.

[11:24] But it's good to see all of you here.

[11:25] I reckon that there's a lot of your faces out there.

[11:29] This time goes by, you've less than less people

[11:30] you can see in court when you eat on that.

[11:33] You don't know the other.

[11:34] They don't know who you are.

[11:35] But I thank you for this award. It's truly an honor to be able to do this.

[12:30] To our service award, as you all know, can accomplish our mission without our most valued assets, our employees.

[12:39] Please, please.

[12:40] Leadership recognizes the dedication and loyalty of our employees, or a service work.

[12:44] A work program, a recognized service milestone to every five years.

[12:47] The five to 20 year service milestones are recognized by directors individually throughout the year.

[12:53] those with 25 in the above are going to mess here to finish a meeting.

[12:57] Today, at the privilege of recognizing and employee from Audit and Investigation Division for

[13:02] 50 years, for the age of the U.S. So, Cliff, and Frick Johnson, come on down.

[13:15] All right. Board and raise an orange growth axis. Clifford Stuck started his 50-year

[13:19] TVC career as an auditor at the Fortress Christie office in 1975. Clifford Stuck and Longview before

[13:26] transfer in 1994 to Waco's home ever since.

[13:30] Cliff's duties have been accomplished in immense range

[13:31] including mixed beverage tax,

[13:33] exercise tax and private supplies.

[13:35] Since 1994, he's been conducting exercise tax

[13:38] and private club audits, investigations, inspections,

[13:40] and evidence for the custodian.

[13:42] He's also taught new auditor academies

[13:44] service regionally, team lead,

[13:46] and bringing internal policies and procedures.

[13:49] Cliff graduated with an associate ambassador

[13:51] bachelor's degrees in accounting from coastal bin college

[13:54] and type of seeing a university came so specifically, he and his lovely wife, Judy, who's here

[13:59] with us today, have six children and stepchildren and ten grandchildren, Cliff and Joy's family

[14:06] gathering's church, lady there's basketball, golf, fishing, and other outdoor scopes.

[14:11] And we interviewed him as one of our service board program, one of his lesson quotes was

[14:16] treat everyone we encounter inside an outside of our organization with honesty, respect, and courtesy.

[14:21] Let's say summarizing the success to the best job possible no matter what task you took from you.

[14:27] Congratulations, sir.

[14:30] Thank you.

[14:42] The responsibility is one of them was that he had to babysit these for a long time.

[15:00] You guys are welcome to say anything and if Jean, you'd like to say anything you're welcome to as well.

[15:05] Or if you would be joining for a public meeting, would you like to go to a public meeting?

[15:09] Sure, yes.

[15:13] I wish they'd placed in there, but you never cashed me along with you that you're not very new.

[15:21] So I go ahead and add that part of our nomination committee for the Hall of Honor is our longest tenured employees, so click was part of that selection as well.

[15:53] It's like you have a...

[15:55] It's one brief thing you know?

[15:55] Which bike on the family did you like?

[15:57] I think so.

[16:01] Yeah.

[16:01] Yeah, yeah.

[16:02] Yeah, yeah.

[16:02] 50 years.

[16:13] I'm just gonna start with that.

[16:18] Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[16:21] I'm just gonna

[16:25] start with that.

[16:25] Right,

[16:35] right.

[16:35] So,

[16:46] trying to think of what I would say when I first started 50 years ago,

[16:50] we did everything and pencil.

[16:52] And we wrote, I think it was from 75 to 83 before we got our first computer.

[17:02] So that's progress.

[17:03] But now we've gone from just that computer to laptop to the new computer systems,

[17:22] the

[17:22] And as with the calculator, or we started with the A machine, when you multiply and

[17:28] you have to move the character over, so we come in a long way and in that journey from

[17:36] Carpenter's Christy to Longman, to Wayco, to Austin, different regions, we friendships that

[17:47] were that I received from that period of time was, I think, the best part, and trained

[17:56] tons.

[18:09] Thank you.

[18:10] May we

[18:20] all bowed?

[18:25] Would you like to?

[18:27] Would you like to?

[18:29] One more.

[18:30] Thank you.

[18:35] Morning, Chief.

[18:39] Good morning Chairman, commissioners.

[18:42] My name is David Dalgit, I'm the deputy chief of enforcement.

[18:45] On January 11th, 2025, Sergeant Jones was driving through Cleveland Texas following a completion

[18:52] of an undercover operation when he encountered a multi vehicle accident.

[18:57] One vehicle had left the roadway coming to rest in a ditch and was a gulfed in flames.

[19:02] As Sergeant Jones exit, his vehicle witnessed shouted that the driver remained trapped inside.

[19:08] The vehicle was partially submerged in the water, with the engine fully ablaze and the fire rapidly spreading towards the passenger compartment.

[19:18] Demonstrating remarkable bravery in this regard for his own safety, Sergeant James opened the driver's door and pulled the individual from the burning vehicle.

[19:27] He didn't carry the driver to safety and stayed with him until a medical personnel arrived.

[19:31] his decisive and selfless actions not only save the driver from serious

[19:37] violent injury or potentially death, but also exemplified the highest standards of

[19:43] courage and public service. Please join me in congratulating Sergeant Jones for the

[19:49] middle.

[21:31] For the other issues we have, I think it's really important that we

[21:34] do recognize all these folks who you understand what goes into this agency and how

[21:39] that we've worked with the people of action,

[21:40] so thank you for your attention.

[21:43] We're going on to our reports,

[21:46] the Son of a session, or season.

[21:52] She's lying in?

[22:02] Yeah, Chairman.

[22:04] Commissioner?

[22:04] Thank you.

[22:05] Well, the record of my name is John Rady.

[22:06] I'm Chief of Port of Entry Division.

[22:09] Good morning, Chairman.

[22:10] Thank you, Commissioner.

[22:11] My name's Nicole Langley.

[22:13] I'm Deputy Chief of Investigations

[22:14] and Administration Bureau in enforcement.

[22:18] So another year's gone by, this year's

[22:20] But I know that then we'll stop by all P.O.E. employees at 22 man ports between January 2nd and January 12th of 2026.

[22:30] All employees provided exceptional customer service, also filling the agency's mission of controlling the

[22:35] importation of all beverages for personal use.

[22:39] During this time, this two-week period, we collected approximately 11% of the year tax revenue

[22:46] there in each two weeks in January.

[22:51] The revenue collected for this year for the two-week period was $624,000 in eight dollars.

[23:00] Cash transactions versus credit card transactions, we have a 49% of the transactions were collected in cash, the other 51% of credit cards.

[23:11] Our public safety efforts included a total of 3,914 diesel ounces of alcoholic containers.

[23:21] We disallowed 116 containers from miners.

[23:25] We collected, or we just arrived, 1,029 containers that were illicit, and we just allowed

[23:33] cigarette tax for miners. We ate three cigarette tax for miners.

[23:39] We want to point out the efforts of our special response team. 24 of our commission

[23:43] heat officers spent two weeks out of the holidays in the bridges, both in El Paso and

[23:49] to support the courts and entry initiatives, so they're there, you can see them helping with traffic,

[23:56] safety, and support the RCOs there. They are currently and have been since Sunday,

[24:02] down in the show, Canyon, completing an intensive law enforcement training right now. So,

[24:06] RSRT team is already ready to respond and jump in. Thank you.

[24:13] So, are there any questions for the questions? Do you have any questions for the comments?

[24:19] question. I know we've significantly moved from cash to work credit cards. So one point, I believe

[24:27] we're going to have an app to be able to do that as you came across, has that been deployed

[24:31] or is that in place?

[24:32] The port pass app that we use was developed for the Galveston operation. And of course, we don't have

[24:47] Thank you.

[24:50] Great work.

[24:51] Thank you.

[24:53] We have some great reports on some of the illicit methods and things that are in the

[24:57] bottles that you all have got.

[24:59] So I appreciate your work.

[25:00] Thank you.

[25:02] Thank you.

[25:03] Thank you.

[25:09] We're going to move into the public comment section of the meeting with the person you have.

[25:13] So the people that have signed up, I believe.

[25:15] Yes, sir.

[25:16] We have nine all signed up for online comments.

[25:19] So with your permission, I will call them up.

[25:22] And I'll remind her to the commenters.

[25:24] We have a two minute limit on comments.

[25:26] So we'll start.

[25:27] I would remind the commenters too that it is a talking.

[25:30] If they're repeating the other comments that I made it,

[25:32] it's helpful to just let us know that.

[25:35] We're not going to try to catch you off, but we'll try to keep the comment

[25:37] time.

[25:38] Thank you.

[25:40] We'll start with Veronica Rios.

[25:59] I'll let you out here.

[26:05] So if that's under the Rodriguez, she's muted.

[26:10] Yeah, she's muted.

[26:11] You should just raise your hand too.

[26:13] Oh, that is her.

[26:16] Is

[26:23] that controlled on our side or something?

[26:29] Same thing.

[26:30] Oh, is that not Veronica real with her hands up?

[26:33] No.

[26:34] Charles Wolffle.

[26:42] Yeah.

[26:46] Yeah.

[26:46] We have Charles and Mayor Cruz Wolffle.

[26:49] What's that?

[26:51] Thank you.

[26:52] Good morning, my lobby.

[26:54] You're on.

[26:54] Hello, I'm out there.

[26:56] Yes, sir.

[26:56] I'm clear.

[26:56] Okay, thank you.

[26:59] Thank you for the opportunity to speak today.

[27:01] I'm a dressing effectiveness of age-gating PhD products.

[27:06] And I want this coming into the public record

[27:08] or all state decision makers involved in this issue.

[27:12] Age-gating is often presented as a safe guard

[27:15] but research and real world outcomes show

[27:17] if there's not a function as one.

[27:19] Studies examining age-gates

[27:21] for alcohol, CBD, and health derived PhD products

[27:24] consistently find that these systems are easily bypassed. They do not prevent secondary access or escalation to higher

[27:33] frequency products.

[27:36] These THC products were legally available and age-gated. My son began using evils as an adult.

[27:42] His use escalated to higher frequency THC products that were lawfully sold in Texas. By age 27, he was experiencing

[27:50] psychosis, which has now persisted for several years, this outcome aligns with a growing

[27:56] body of peer-reviewed research showing that high-potency TECC is associated with increased

[28:03] risk of psychotic symptoms in other serious mental health harms.

[28:09] I urge the governor to personally review the evidence of age-gating failure and to

[28:15] directly from affected Texas families before concluding the current safeguards are

[28:22] hadaclith. If the objective of Texas policy is harm reduction, then safeguards must

[28:28] be judged by whether they actually reduce harm. H.Gating creates the occurrence of

[28:33] control, but it does not function as an effective control. Thank you for allowing this

[28:37] perspective to be entered into the record.

[28:42] Thank you, sir, wait for a short

[28:43] comments.

[28:54] Yeah, Mr. Mayor Cruz, Welfare, you're welcome to go next.

[28:59] Thank you.

[29:01] Just a bit. Just a bit. Well, it's great to get the money. Yes, you're all.

[29:06] Okay. Chairman, that's our commission. Thank you for the opportunity to

[29:11] comment on the proposed roles for consumable hemp products. As parents, my husband and I were

[29:18] committed to racing our children. I'm always grounded, healthy and substance for the

[29:23] We believe we have succeeded.

[29:26] As all of our children have become responsible young adults

[29:30] with promising futures.

[29:32] That changed when hand up here in our communities.

[29:37] Mark, marketed as a natural beneficial plant.

[29:40] Today's hands-to-rad photos are far from that.

[29:44] Census research shows that the U.S.C.

[29:47] is an active and can close to this physical and mental harm.

[29:52] and that the point continues to develop a year of age 21.

[30:00] The go-and-makes selectors were presented with this evidence and personal testimonies. This pie that the government has ordered, HIV, and instead of banning, a harmful substance.

[30:11] Even if only for the record I would like to share how powerful the F.C. can truly be.

[30:16] My previously helped this song with no known mental participants was about 25 when he began using a hand consumable.

[30:24] He became the pandemic-related addicted to TFC and 27, he suffered a psychotic, a psychotic

[30:31] breakdown that caused him to lose everything.

[30:33] Nearly three years later, after repeated jail visits, hospitalizations and thousands

[30:38] of dollars and treatments in attorneys, he still struggling with severe mental illness and

[30:44] cannabis use disorder.

[30:46] If H.G.D. is the main option allowed to protect public health, I strongly suggest,

[30:52] as requirements on low-less than 25.

[30:56] Mandatory electronic identification

[30:58] before entering this door,

[31:00] information with each cell,

[31:03] one of the tier-seek and cost severe physical

[31:06] and mental heart regardless of the age.

[31:10] And the nation of online and delivery cells

[31:13] to reduce youth access.

[31:15] District penalties for anyone selling hand products

[31:18] who violate this rules.

[31:20] Many people have already been harmed by the S.E.

[31:25] These measures will at least help prevent more lives from being affected.

[31:30] Thank you for your time and consideration.

[31:32] Thank you, thank you.

[31:33] Thank you very much.

[31:34] Some of that was in written comments as well.

[31:36] But those were usual afterwards.

[31:37] We did go through.

[31:38] We had some other comments on the written side.

[31:40] So we appreciate your comments.

[31:42] Thank you.

[31:46] Next we have Matt Polling.

[31:48] Do we think about

[31:59] that?

[31:59] things, right? Is a male Richter?

[32:06] I've gotten a bit of a

[32:07] most of it saying my video has been disabled. We can hear you, but that's

[32:11] what the... Do you hear me? That's why I'm not that good looking out to

[32:14] anyone.

[32:18] This is my polling. I'm a college station family physician. I'm an educator. I'm a U.S. Air Force

[32:24] Veteran and a former foster parent. I'd like to thank the members of the TVC and their

[32:29] into this important matter of public health and safety and also like to think the courageous

[32:33] members of the Texas House and Senate from both sides of the aisle who stood for public health

[32:39] and safety in the last legislative session by passing Senate Bill 3 to damn dangerous and

[32:45] addictive TAC products and a president Trump for finishing on job, hopefully hopefully by the end of

[32:51] the year. In the meantime, the harms of these stuff the Senate should be mandated to whatever

[32:56] extent possible. I think everyone now recognizes a T-H that should be the world for

[33:01] one accessory of the T-H-C products and the pads need to be worn at the serious dangerous

[33:06] of addiction and psychiatric injury in this population. But an underappreciated fact is that

[33:12] it is the young adult population that bears most of the burden of suffering from T-H-C exposure.

[33:18] We know that T-H-C addiction rates peak in the early to mid-20s, we can now estimate that

[33:23] 30% of schizophrenia cases in the normal domain are being caused by THCs.

[33:30] World science is now telling us that arbitrary ages like 18 are 29 may mark

[33:35] physical maturation, but that does not apply to brain maturation.

[33:40] In fact, the recent University of Cambridge in my high study over 4,000 subjects

[33:44] I was just two months ago found that the adolescent period of human brain development

[33:49] can extend to age 32.

[33:52] Now, no demographic is immune to THC injury and older adults have to be concerned about THC

[33:58] strong ability to induce diabetes and directly damage major blood vessels needed to significantly

[34:04] increase rates of heart attacks and strokes. But the risk of life-borne addiction, suicide

[34:10] allergy, and devastating mental illnesses like schizophrenia, could be dramatically reduced

[34:15] by immunity, by regulation, the access to all TH2 products to anyone under H30.

[34:33] Is that the end of your comment, sir?

[34:35] Are you continue?

[34:36] I'll let you guys go back.

[34:37] I'm just telling you that two minutes at a time when you...

[34:40] There is.

[34:41] Do you think that you want to go back?

[34:42] Do you think that you want to go back?

[34:43] If you want to go back just a little bit?

[34:44] Do you think that you want to go back?

[34:45] Is that you?

[34:47] Yes.

[34:47] I think that's it.

[34:49] I think that's it.

[34:54] of course, and as a neurodevelopment standpoint.

[34:57] Very good, so we appreciate your comments, so I think we saw some of that in the written

[35:01] testimony as well.

[35:02] So we appreciate you today.

[35:04] Thanks.

[35:07] Next up is a Ville Richter.

[35:12] How are you?

[35:13] I'll start now.

[35:14] My name is Isvel Richter.

[35:16] I'm asking for a real evidence-based interest restrictions, model one of our artworks for

[35:22] alcohol and tobacco.

[35:23] You know, other states have learned the hard way.

[35:25] There's no AT&T checks or not enforcement.

[35:29] What kind of AT&T scanning is far more effective at catching big eddies and minutes so

[35:33] that I've compliant checks.

[35:35] So the other half of the retailers sold to you to see the miners when relying on looks

[35:39] alone.

[35:41] AT&T's seed beverages are only proven.

[35:44] Use mandatory AT&T scanning.

[35:47] If it looks like SOTA sits by changing and does mean toddlers,

[35:51] placement is the problem.

[35:53] Poisonant control reports a dramatic rise in accidental chase C and gestion among kids largely

[36:00] tied to products that resemble ordinary food or drinks.

[36:04] Adult only products should be locked or kept behind the counter.

[36:09] Restricting, years of peeling flavors, packaging and influencer marketing is directly tied

[36:14] to age restrictions.

[36:15] These tactics turn age limits into a technicality by marketing to kids long before they can

[36:21] legally buy the product.

[36:23] TBC already regulates our goal into backup.

[36:29] That's quick.

[36:31] I'm sorry going ahead as well.

[36:32] You just have to step on that one.

[36:33] They have another commenter.

[36:35] Okay.

[36:36] TBC already regulates our goal into backup advertising online.

[36:40] The same standard should apply to TBC beverages.

[36:44] We have 21 plus age limits on platforms that can't arrive at reliably.

[36:48] Exceed-minors are necessary to prevent youth exposure.

[36:51] And the agreement that just appears at the front door isn't an engagement.

[36:56] Close the taxes to the reasonable and key and ideas of the door every time.

[37:01] Too many people might age.

[37:02] I'm 20, 30, are finding out the hard way that TFC affects free development through age 25

[37:08] and increases risk to mental health and addiction.

[37:11] We have also made back clear.

[37:14] Please get this right for Texas.

[37:15] Thank you.

[37:17] Thank you.

[37:18] for a great, we again received a number of written comments along that same ones too, so thank you for coming.

[37:23] Thank you so much.

[37:27] Next up, Aubrey Adams.

[37:31] Hi, can you hear me? Yes, we do.

[37:34] Okay, thank you, whoops. We're going to let you in one second here.

[37:38] Okay, thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed rules for consumer oil and products.

[37:44] I'm Aubrey Adams, the citizens for state and healthy taxes.

[37:49] Scientific evidence shows that THC regardless of the plan it comes from is a different, harmful to both mental and physical health.

[37:56] They can trigger psychosis and lead to long-term psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia

[38:01] and bipolar disorder, THC can cause cannabinoid hyper-emesis syndrome, which can be a life-threatening

[38:09] condition. And importantly, there is no proven safe level of THC for adults to consume,

[38:15] and brains development continues well beyond the age of 21. Age gaming attacks to

[38:21] being on products at 21 ignores the science

[38:24] and sends along message to youth.

[38:27] We are going to go from alcohol and to contain

[38:29] that age limits, a loan failed to prevent youth access,

[38:33] but still causing widespread harm to adults.

[38:37] If age gaining is allowed, it should be set at least at 25 or older,

[38:41] consistent with the brain development research.

[38:44] Visual age checks is an effective,

[38:47] especially for THC beverages intentionally marketed to look like sodas and energy drinks.

[38:55] Online and delivery cells for a third week in age verification, and are routinely exploited

[39:01] by non-minus and fuel the black market.

[39:05] To truly protect you from public health, I urge the commission to strengthen such as 35.5 and 35.7 by

[39:12] requiring 25-plus age-gaining mandatory electronic IDs scanning at the store entry, strip penalties for violations,

[39:23] and particularly for alcohol license retailers, and elimination of online and delivery sales.

[39:30] This measures are necessary to provide you access and uphold the intent of the rules.

[39:35] I have learned this experience with my own adults on having cannabis, psychosis, and

[39:41] cannabinoid hypronisist syndrome.

[39:43] It's costly, emotionally and financially.

[39:47] I thank you for your time and consideration, and I'm here at an action-servient and

[39:52] point.

[39:53] Thank you.

[39:54] Thank you for your comments.

[39:56] Today, we'd appreciate you being with us.

[39:59] Next up, Jennifer Richter.

[40:08] My name is Jennifer Richter, I'm asking for evidence-based aid restrictions and youth exposure

[40:12] rules using alcohol and tobaccoism model based on evidence from other states and mistakes.

[40:18] Please require electronic ID scanning for every THC beverage sale.

[40:23] When products apply so that eyeballing an ID is not an ease of restriction policy.

[40:28] If ID's matter of stores make the matter of the door to close the delivery as we pull,

[40:33] the choir ID for every effort door for every THC delivery.

[40:37] In California nearly one in five went to underage BIOS due to ID failed checks.

[40:44] This matters because teaching biologists use nano-multipid TTC that skip sidestep.

[40:50] It's the bloodstream with effects and 10 minutes doses of that work.

[40:53] So Dr. Onset's increase over-consumption, especially in young or inexperienced users,

[40:59] who keep direct to the full effects hit.

[41:01] That's why TTC beverages belong in a different risk category.

[41:13] The medical guidance is clear, but these are not on Texas packaging.

[41:18] We need labels that weren't in protection of people.

[41:21] This is a public health gap that TBC can close.

[41:26] Texas, you know, baller TFC beverage ads on gasp stocks.

[41:30] At least trying to already as ads are exploring a captive audience

[41:33] of children and young drivers.

[41:35] Texas Wagelates alcohol ads, and other states

[41:38] for Hibit TTC ads in unavoidable public places.

[41:42] Gas counselor exactly got the Hibit TTC industry

[41:46] has asked for regulation to justify

[41:47] some tumble products that are illegal under federal law.

[41:52] A governor can ask that TTC is a required

[41:55] to regulate an illegal product,

[41:58] a federally illegal product or exceed its legal authority

[42:01] to do so.

[42:02] We have an opportunity here, and we're asking to get this right for you safety.

[42:07] Thank you.

[42:12] Thank you.

[42:17] Next up, Carrie Hinkle.

[42:24] My name is Carrie Hinkle, and I'm with Bayes City Head,

[42:26] we're located in Houston, Texas.

[42:28] We want to first thank the Commission again,

[42:30] and first hopefully adopting these rules

[42:31] and following through with the intent of Governor Abbott's executive order

[42:34] to ensure that only adult 20 would not have access

[42:37] to consumer oil and products.

[42:39] To that end, we would suggest enforcing signature on deliver requirement, particularly with out-of-state companies that are shipping head products into the state.

[42:48] Our request here is that in-state companies are not at a disadvantage in following these new age-gating rules to, again, the best of your ability.

[42:57] I understand there are some jurisdictional issues with out-of-state companies, but right now we have companies from out-of-state being able to ship products into any consumer,

[43:07] And we'll ask that again, Secretary of State,

[43:09] on delivery is followed through with any online sales here.

[43:12] So again, thank you for the spirit of these rules

[43:14] and hold all of your hard work on this issue.

[43:16] I understand.

[43:18] Okay, then then do well.

[43:20] Once upon a time,

[43:21] we're looking forward to working with you all along this issue

[43:23] in the future.

[43:24] Thank you.

[43:26] Thank you.

[43:31] Jesse Lamont.

[43:38] I'm here with you, okay?

[43:39] Yes, sir.

[43:41] Okay.

[43:41] Good morning.

[43:42] Chairman and commissioner.

[43:43] It's common knowledge that any substance, which causes intoxication, does not promote long-term

[43:49] brain health.

[43:50] Rather, it openly damages the brain, especially when the brain is filled with elephant.

[43:54] This is a risk that needs to be mitigated.

[43:57] The tested Texas alcohol and beverage commission has the opportunity to mitigate the risk

[44:01] of brain damage when using intoxicated, hemp products by specifying it purchased and use-age

[44:07] when it's at least 20,000 years old.

[44:09] Those in the cannabis industry will say that the minimum age, for these hemp products, should

[44:14] be 21, with some even advocating it to be well as 18.

[44:19] However, many medical professionals and parents whose loved ones have been negatively impacted

[44:24] by hemp products, think that it will be just a viable, all-out band, the age limit should be somewhere

[44:29] between 25 to 30 years old because for too many young adult lives have been turned upside down

[44:36] by Guinness Rediction, cannabis in these psychosis in Eden, schizophrenia, that are multiple

[44:42] scientific studies that show our brain maturation occurs normally around 25 and not 21.

[44:50] It can even occur in some individuals beyond age of 25, both of the 30.

[44:54] There is also this well-known insurance industry standard based on just simple statistics.

[45:00] Vehicle insurance rates go down when somebody becomes 25 because of probability of the vehicle crash goes down because of better decision making.

[45:10] A major brain is less likely to make risky decisions that can lead to addiction.

[45:15] Therefore, having a 21-year-old age clinical clearly increased the risk that more young adults will be contradicted to hemp products and turn into a lot of lifelong users.

[45:25] And that's the preferred scenario by the hemp industry that the statement wasn't the case and this industry would not be against the reasonable

[45:34] Inscience based age one bit of at least 25. Thank you.

[45:39] Thank you, Mr. Obama, to the questions you've had with you.

[45:43] Thank you, sir.

[45:45] Yeah, thank you.

[45:48] And we'll go back and call Veronica Rios.

[45:51] Thank you.

[45:52] I'll see you around here.

[45:55] Mr. Rios.

[45:59] I see you muted this for us all up here if that's on our end of the year.

[46:15] Okay, this is Veronica Reals. I apologize, but because of my work, I cannot participate at this time.

[46:22] We appreciate your call and we'll look pretty ready to come and see you at the end of the line. Thank you very much.

[46:28] Thank you.

[46:30] That's all over in the comments.

[46:32] David Rodriguez.

[46:34] Okay, yeah. Did he Rodriguez go ahead?

[46:38] You're on mute.

[46:39] You're muted, Mr. Rodriguez.

[46:52] We still muted. We can't hear you coming on mute on next time.

[46:54] When we see you, when we can't hear you,

[47:05] that's not an hour-end, isn't it?

[47:12] The camera's off now in this refrigerator.

[47:14] But your audio is not on.

[47:16] You're back on again, but you've got no audio.

[47:25] You still can't hear me?

[47:59] Do you see your new button in this refrigerator?

[48:12] She can't provide for you in the comments.

[48:16] You still can't hear me?

[48:20] You can't hear me.

[48:24] We'll keep working on it.

[48:26] We'll move on to other items.

[48:27] And then we'll take a little...

[48:29] To why you didn't tell you you can try to get it on.

[48:31] We've got a few more minutes before we take care of the rule.

[48:41] Is that all of our comments on this one?

[48:43] Is there no one hearing the team that wants to speak today?

[48:45] Public comments from the audience?

[48:50] All right, if not, we'll move on to our proposals.

[49:03] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

[49:04] Good morning, Mr. Fisher.

[49:05] The record of my name is Matt Diamond, T. Obviously Special Counsel.

[49:09] Jennifer, item 5.1, pertain to a potential action on order,

[49:13] Relage to proposal for decision on so-a-docket.

[49:15] Item 45825-059-19.

[49:20] Respondent, Gordon Kaka, doing business, called late liquor was issued a retail, retail

[49:26] dealer's off-premise license and a package store permit in 2021.

[49:31] In 2023, renewal of both was left pending following a protest, stating that respondents

[49:37] location was in his own that prohibited liquor sales for consumption off-the-permitted

[49:42] premises.

[49:43] TBC referred the matter to SOA, for a contest of hearing as a jurist digital participant.

[49:50] After hearing the evidence, the administrative judge determined that renewal of the

[49:53] package store permit would be contrary to the general public welfare, and if you find

[49:58] this a fact in conclusions of law, supporting denying their renewal.

[50:03] Excuse me, when the whole of the package store permit specifically, I have read the administrative

[50:08] budget as a proposal for decision and believe the analysis is correct, say for a recommended

[50:13] amendment to conclusions of law number 13 and new conclusions of law 14 and 15 that together

[50:20] provide a more specific and accurate basis for denying an application made for a dry area.

[50:28] I recommend adopting the administrative law just as opposed to the fact that it conclusions

[50:33] of law with the suggested changes. This matters not right for your consideration on the issuance

[50:39] So final order, adopting or modifying the proposal for incision, and this includes my presentation

[50:45] on that as right for your vote, and I'm happy to answer your question that you may have.

[50:49] Thank you, Councillor.

[50:50] Any questions or comments?

[50:51] No, questions.

[50:53] Looking for a motion to adopt the fine significant fact, conclusions of a lot are contained in

[50:57] the proposal for the decision proposal for decision and the modifications and the

[51:00] two individual conclusions proposed by the staff, and that we authorized me to sign the order

[51:05] on behalf of the commission.

[51:06] Team has changed.

[51:07] Second.

[51:09] They have the discussion, I'll consider example.

[51:15] Can

[51:19] you guys

[51:31] hear me?

[51:32] seated.

[51:38] I'm sorry, so I just wanted to come up here.

[51:42] Second, we have to, we have to do a take

[51:44] last for three times.

[51:48] Go ahead.

[51:49] Are we?

[51:50] All right.

[51:51] Motion carries.

[51:53] All right.

[51:53] Did you go ahead and take you up real quick?

[51:55] While you're here.

[51:58] Go ahead, baby.

[51:58] If you can turn your mic back on, there you go.

[52:01] Hi.

[52:01] Yeah.

[52:02] So I'm sorry.

[52:03] I just have any problems with my computer and my iPhone.

[52:07] Everything has faded on me.

[52:08] I'm sorry.

[52:08] So I just wanted to come on.

[52:11] I'm sorry.

[52:15] I just wanted to come on here as a mother who's son at the age of 19.

[52:19] started doing these T-H-C vapes and dad and after his first psychotic break, him and...

[52:33] At the time, we didn't know what was happening, and after rehabs and medical hospitals. And just him being paranoid.

[52:46] And just he's he's on his a full schizophrenia. And this is something that we have to live with every day. And it's really hard to go to him. And my nephew smoked the same product. And they both are diagnosed with the same product.

[52:59] just gets a prettier now, and my nephew, if by the way, is a 36, so this, I believe that

[53:08] age-gating, you know, I heard you guys say, which 25, I think that would be probably ideal

[53:17] or best, I just want to come on here and talk about that because I don't want other parents

[53:25] to go through what I'm going through and this story is these children killing their parents

[53:31] and it's real, it's something we live with, their paranoid, they've got to be medicated,

[53:37] it's frightening to live with an adult child that you fear. So I just wanted to come on here

[53:44] and note that for the safety and the health of other Texas children I believe that age-gating

[53:52] And simply, simply, hi, I think it's 21.

[53:57] Thank you.

[53:58] I'm sorry if you're up in the problems you're having there.

[54:00] I appreciate your comments.

[54:01] Thank you very much.

[54:06] We'll get back to about our adoption of the regulations in a few minutes.

[54:13] With that, we'll leave it into our next item on our proposals for decisions.

[54:18] Council time.

[54:20] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

[54:21] for the record, Matt Diamond, TBC Special Counsel.

[54:24] The agenda I am five point two,

[54:26] pertains to potential action on order,

[54:28] related to proposed for decision on so-a-daca

[54:30] and in four, five, eight, two, five, zero, one, two, four, four.

[54:33] Respondent, Davis, as Maralda, Ayala,

[54:36] doing businesses, and Warta's Mar.

[54:38] Currently holds a mixed-berry permit

[54:39] and is important to late hours certificate with the agency.

[54:43] TBC filed a contested case with so-a-ve legend

[54:45] that on multiple occasions, respond it

[54:48] their employee's soul and commitment, and our commitment to consumption of alcohol on the

[54:53] permitted premises after hours as permissible by law.

[54:57] After hearing evidence, the administrative judge agreed with the agency and issued findings

[55:01] of fact, the conclusions of law recommending that responded to permit be canceled.

[55:06] I have reviewed the administrative law judge's proposal for the decision and believe the analysis

[55:10] is correct, say for a recommended amendment to conclusions of law number 189, which

[55:16] Thank you. Correct. I call it beverage code authority to cancel permits as opposed to licenses.

[55:23] I recommend adopting the administrative largest proposed findings, the fact that inclusion of law

[55:28] with the strategic changes. This matters now right for your consideration.

[55:33] Issue of a final order adopting a modifying the proposal for decision.

[55:37] And this includes my presentation.

[55:39] I'm not a right for your vote. I'm happy to answer your question.

[55:42] Thank you. Commissioners, any questions or comments?

[55:44] No.

[55:46] Now, we'll look for a motion to adopt the findings of active conclusions of law contained in

[55:50] the proposed order for decision with the modifications proposed by the staff and

[55:54] that we as a Board would offer us the sign of order on the active information.

[55:59] It's your motion.

[56:01] That's that.

[56:02] Motion made in seconded in the other discussion.

[56:04] All in favor, seconded by.

[56:09] Aye.

[56:09] Any opposed?

[56:10] Motion carries?

[56:14] Move it off on the last one.

[56:16] Thank you.

[56:16] on the figure Mr. Chairman.

[56:19] Again, I am 5.3 for 10 is to potential action on order related to proposal for decision.

[56:24] On稍微 back, I am 4.5-825-01286.

[56:28] Respondent, between Icria, provisions LLC, during business as Caffe Bino, was issued a 1 in

[56:35] while beverage retail permit in March of 2025.

[56:39] In July of 2025, response landlord fell in the average day, but the agency is saying that

[56:43] responded at a band in the property, in response to KVC note by the respondent that it intended

[56:49] to inactivate the existing permit administratively, pursuant to existing rules.

[56:54] In response to your hearing, with the understanding of the premises had never been occupied.

[57:00] TBC investigated the location in September of 2025, and identified that another entity was

[57:06] actually occupying the permit and premises.

[57:09] TBC followed a contested case with SOA to affirm the administrative inaction due to response

[57:14] failing to maintain the sole control of the permanent location. After the initial filing

[57:19] TBC then moved for a motion for summary disposition thing, there was no genuine issue

[57:24] of material fact in that the ABC was entitled to a behavioral decision as a matter of law

[57:28] that was wanted to not respond to TBC's motion. After reviewing the evidence, the administrative

[57:33] of judge issued findings of fact in conclusions of law affirming the agency's motion and the administrative

[57:41] in action.

[57:42] Inactivation.

[57:44] I reviewed the ALJ's proposal for decision and believe that the analysis is correct and

[57:49] recommending the recommended adopting the ALJ's proposed findings of fact in conclusions

[57:53] of law.

[57:55] I'm not asking all right for your vote.

[57:57] I'm going to have to answer your questions in the half of all the questions.

[58:00] Any questions for comments?

[58:01] No.

[58:04] Thank you.

[58:05] Looking for a motion to adopt the findings of active conclusions of all, I can tell you

[58:08] what close-up decisions will to authorize the chair of the sign in order to act with the commission.

[58:13] It's their motion.

[58:15] Some of

[58:18] it.

[58:18] We'll show a commissioner for a no making motion since he's law of her mode.

[58:25] We need a discussion about whether the vote is all in favour of signify by.

[58:30] Thanks.

[58:31] Motion carries.

[58:41] Thank you very much.

[58:42] Thank you.

[58:42] We've

[58:47] been to our regulations, Council Chair, Senator Council Chair.

[59:00] Good morning, Chairman and Commissioners.

[59:02] I've been record on voluntary TBC Senior Council.

[59:04] So this next item for your consideration are the proposed rule reviews in accordance with Section 2001.039 of the Government Code, which requires agencies to review each of its rules within four years from the rules effective date and every four years thereafter.

[59:16] Staff proposes publishing a role worthy of chapters 34 35 37 and 39 in the course of the review staff will consider whether the reasons for initially adopting the rules continue to exist in determining whether the rules should be

[59:29] revealed re-adopted or re-adopted with amendments.

[59:31] Publication is a proof of staff will consider written comments on the will reviews through March 2nd, 2026.

[59:36] Staff recommends publication of these four chapters, and I'm happy to answer any questions that you may have.

[59:41] In the questions you've got on this commission, if you'd like to look for a motion for

[59:44] a private and six point one, it's working with it by the style.

[59:48] I'm going to...

[59:49] Second.

[59:50] May the motion made in psychology, and you have a discussion on favor's thing in fact by

[59:53] eye.

[59:55] Coast.

[59:56] Motion carries.

[59:58] I'm sure there'll be a dot top.

[1:00:07] So this next agenda item, staff proposes adoption of revisions to chapter 41 to fix previous clerical errors and to provide clarity to current rule tax and agency practices.

[1:00:17] Staff presented these proposed amendments at a public hearing on December 11, 2025. The proposed amendments have not been changed from the proposed tax that was published in the December 5 edition of the Texas Register and staff did not receive comments on these charges.

[1:00:28] staff recommends adoption and I'm happy to answer any questions.

[1:00:33] The questions you come to try this time.

[1:00:35] I'm going to talk to you for this time.

[1:00:37] Not only for a motion, but for the agenda.

[1:00:39] I'm 6.2 is recommended by the staff looking for a motion.

[1:00:43] Motion.

[1:00:44] The motion is our second.

[1:00:46] Motion made in second and you have a discussion.

[1:00:48] All in favor, signify by I.

[1:00:51] Aye.

[1:00:51] Those motion carries.

[1:00:55] Go ahead and keep up.

[1:00:59] Sure.

[1:01:04] All right.

[1:01:04] proposes adoption of the moment to the cash and credit log rules that make non-centred and

[1:01:08] clarifying revisions, reflecting current agency practices that were identified as a part

[1:01:13] of the agency's quaternal rule review.

[1:01:15] The proposed amendments also make fixes to previous clerical errors.

[1:01:19] Staff also presented these proposed amendments at the public hearing on December 11, 2025.

[1:01:24] The proposed amendments have not been changed from the proposed text that was published

[1:01:26] in the December 5 edition of the Texas Register and staff to not receive comments on

[1:01:31] changes at this time staff recommends adoption and then I'd be to answer any questions.

[1:01:35] This is a very important to comment. There's been no comments today from these items.

[1:01:39] Looking for motion, the prohibition that I'm 6.3 is working on in the bus staff.

[1:01:43] It's our motion motion.

[1:01:48] Thank you.

[1:01:49] Motion made in psyched in the other discussion. All in favor, second thought by.

[1:01:53] Hi.

[1:01:54] I mean those motion carries.

[1:01:57] But those who are

[1:02:02] those who've been following our meeting,

[1:02:04] These have been the uncontested or no discussion on these regulations

[1:02:08] we're now to the right election on the end products.

[1:02:12] I'm freaking out as a security.

[1:02:16] James Berson TVC's general counsel.

[1:02:18] Go ahead and take this one.

[1:02:20] As you remember, back in September, Governor Abbott issued an executive order

[1:02:24] direct in TADC to adopt rules to prohibit its licensees from selling

[1:02:27] consumable hem products, some miners, and to require them to check

[1:02:30] ID.

[1:02:31] He's prior to his savings or deliveries of those products.

[1:02:34] You quickly follow the emergency rules to do just that.

[1:02:39] We knew at that time that you had to follow up with regular rules because my law emergency rules have a short duration.

[1:02:46] So in November, we began the regular rule making process by proposing two new rules that also implemented the governor's order.

[1:02:53] They differed from the emergency rules in some key ways.

[1:02:55] So first, they would allow TABC to suspend a license as a sanction, in certain instances,

[1:03:01] where the emergency rules only allow TABC to cancel license for violations.

[1:03:06] Second, the new rules would provide a licensee a defense to an enforcement action for

[1:03:11] failure to inspect proof of identification if the ultimate consumer will reciprocate

[1:03:15] was 40-year-older.

[1:03:17] And third, the new rules would restrict when a license, or a permit holder, or those associated

[1:03:21] that then they apply forward receive a new TNC issue of license if the holder's previous license

[1:03:27] was canceled under these rules. Staff is now bringing these proposals for you for final

[1:03:33] adoption. We've received many comments on the proposed rules, all of which are addressed

[1:03:38] in the draft adoption order. Staff is recommending two relatively minor changes in response

[1:03:44] to comments. First, we clarify that when a license is canceled, the rules restrict when

[1:03:50] license holder or somebody associated with that person may obtain a new original license.

[1:03:56] One common or question whether the rules prevent it a license holder from renewing a license.

[1:04:00] That wasn't canceled.

[1:04:02] So we clarified that in this situation it only applies to new original licenses.

[1:04:07] The second change is that under the proposed rules or corporations associated with a license holder

[1:04:12] would be restricted from obtaining a new original license if the license in question was canceled.

[1:04:18] We brought in that new language to cover other types of equivalent to these not just corporations, so we clean that up as well.

[1:04:27] Other than those two changes, staff is not proposing any other changes at this time, but I want to stress that this is not the end of the matter.

[1:04:34] Assuming you vote to adopt these rules, staff will monitor how these rules work along the way, and will be recommending changes if we think improvements can be made.

[1:04:44] And finally, the rules would be set to go into effect tomorrow.

[1:04:49] Typically rules don't go into effect for 20 days after you vote to adopt them,

[1:04:53] but we need to have an expected expedited effective date for these rules

[1:04:56] because the emergency rules that we have in effect now expired tomorrow

[1:05:00] and we don't want there to be any gap between the effectiveness of rules.

[1:05:05] You could technically extend those emergency rules by 60 days

[1:05:08] but we don't feel that's necessary or advisable now that we have these regular rules ready.

[1:05:13] So, with that, on the staff requests that you go to adopt these rules and to have a day

[1:05:18] answer any questions.

[1:05:19] The questions from the Board, I just, for purpose of it, those people that testified

[1:05:25] today and others that are going to be watching, this is not the only rules that are

[1:05:28] coming in the Department of Health Services State Health Services is working on theirs

[1:05:32] and we're working conjunction with them.

[1:05:35] We're going to be able to partner with them on enforcement or whatever they come in on

[1:05:39] the content and health side of it, but we're only dealing with alcohol

[1:05:43] approach at this point until we get our money in place with the conditions for the enforcement

[1:05:50] across the board with the agencies that could?

[1:05:53] Yes, sir.

[1:05:54] We have an MOU with an Alice Farson forcing them, but our rules are very much limited to age-gating

[1:06:00] and requiring ID checks and selling to miners.

[1:06:03] That is TABC's jurisdiction and it only applies to TABC licenses and permits.

[1:06:09] The Department of State Health Services rules are going to be much more robust.

[1:06:12] and they actually covered the products themselves, the content, the testing, and what not.

[1:06:17] So I think a lot of the comments we received would probably be better addressed to the Department of State Health Services.

[1:06:24] Our role is very much limited in this regard.

[1:06:27] This is my sharing of the Supreme Board's taking up health services authority.

[1:06:31] There's some of the three rules too, for all of us.

[1:06:32] That is correct.

[1:06:33] I can definitely battle our argument.

[1:06:37] in the other comments or questions for the world members.

[1:06:39] We should read a quick, quick, quick, quick, quick.

[1:06:44] Thank you.

[1:06:47] The motion to a pre-vigined item 6.4 is recommended by staff.

[1:06:51] Is there a motion?

[1:06:52] Is there a second?

[1:06:55] Motion made and psychidied in the other comments and discussion.

[1:06:57] All the papers can be found by I.

[1:07:01] All the others?

[1:07:03] Motion carries.

[1:07:04] Thank you.

[1:07:05] I think you've commented, we'll forward the comments that we have over the additions to

[1:07:10] the majority of the work, at least what the concerns are here.

[1:07:15] And our amount of folks that, as we've heard the day, there are a lot of these products

[1:07:18] are continuing to be a challenge and significant risk to public health.

[1:07:23] We look at the impact of these regulations and our partnership with the Department of Health

[1:07:27] Services.

[1:07:30] We'll have opportunity to mention to you some of these regulations provide better protection for the protection for the children, or to make it easier for our public voters and look at license holders to comply with these laws.

[1:07:43] We want to hear from both sides on this.

[1:07:46] We do expect compliance in this council rate. This council stated there's an option for other 30 days suspension, but

[1:07:58] risk for license holders, and we do have that authority. So don't just take it out of

[1:08:03] a current based suspension, make sure that if you're choosing to sell these consumables,

[1:08:07] that's where we're in the possible sanctions. Also, it's important for the license holders

[1:08:12] and permit holders to recognize them are my individual and not to sell them. It's some of

[1:08:15] the rules that I've got to do, so it's an exercise that goes around a law. We have the last meeting

[1:08:20] we've suspended four licenses for people who are violating laws, but only for instance, we have the

[1:08:25] already to suspend your license for any violation of state of federal law, and we don't have

[1:08:30] to wait for a final conviction if we just have to find it that the violation occur.

[1:08:36] There is no good faith for selling illegal drugs and labeling violations, so be aware of

[1:08:41] that is you're out doing your product that you're complying with the laws both of this state

[1:08:47] and federal government.

[1:08:49] I remind people to that we're part of the task force on human trafficking and it's one

[1:08:52] of the things that really impressed me coming into this agency that we want to give

[1:08:55] with the State and Federal Agency, so I'm even trafficking issues.

[1:08:59] I expect you to see us doing a lot of that with the local authorities, state, DBS, and others,

[1:09:05] as far as a task force type of enforcement, and I think these simple regulations and

[1:09:09] texts, so don't think that it's just going to be 200.

[1:09:13] To see Officer's trying to patrol 20,000 locations, there's a lot of people watching

[1:09:17] the out there.

[1:09:18] So for those people that may comment, so they may appreciate your comments and we'll look forward

[1:09:22] And what they happen, you know, what changes the remaining

[1:09:26] to make is the report that is within our authority in this agency.

[1:09:30] Thank you, staff, for your work.

[1:09:32] Thank you.

[1:09:33] Thank you.

[1:09:41] Because we voted to approve 6.4.

[1:09:44] We don't need to take up the renewal, is that correct?

[1:09:46] Yes.

[1:09:46] That is correct.

[1:09:48] Do we have any executive session items,

[1:09:50] or any other business to come to work with the commission?

[1:09:52] I do not.

[1:09:52] Unless you all have matters you want to go.

[1:10:01] Any other business to come to work with the commission?

[1:10:07] All right, we'll be able to have to wait for anybody to ask questions to come in from the staff.

[1:10:11] The next stage of the commission meeting is playing for Tuesday, March 24th.

[1:10:15] We're willing to watch for that.

[1:10:17] Missions?

[1:10:20] I do want to say something from a while we close.

[1:10:23] We don't mind.

[1:10:24] Miss Karen?

[1:10:25] Yes.

[1:10:29] This meeting has...

[1:10:31] We've done so much in such a short period of time.

[1:10:33] I can't believe we're closing before noon, but just two comments.

[1:10:37] We started our meeting today with two individuals

[1:10:41] that collectively is 100 years of service.

[1:10:48] That is outstanding.

[1:10:50] When you look at these individuals that stayed as long as they did

[1:10:53] for an agency that they believed in,

[1:10:57] then we end it with all these people that have come to talk to us

[1:11:02] and to share their concerns.

[1:11:03] and quite frankly, some very heartbreaking conversations that the state of Texas needs to pay attention to as we go through trying to do with best or all of Texas.

[1:11:17] So I just really applaud this agency and the time that they take the care that our agents do.

[1:11:26] I think that's KADC employees are just incredible people.

[1:11:31] And not to mention just what they're doing on the board or two, making sure that what's coming across is safe.

[1:11:39] So I just wanted to make note because of the brevity of this meeting that it didn't go and notice the work they all have done on the comments and just the day and the day out of what y'all are doing to make Texan safe.

[1:11:55] So just thank you all.

[1:11:56] Thank you, Commissioner, and for those who are watching there has been Commissioner's comments and point.

[1:12:02] The quick meeting today was only because we had an opportunity to work on this for the last two months.

[1:12:07] The regulations have come through the staff has been a lot of time.

[1:12:09] I know the commissioners have been a lot of time.

[1:12:10] We have a lot of comments come through and written testimony.

[1:12:14] Some oral comments at the meeting when we first proposed to these rules.

[1:12:19] And I've been very impressed with the staff and the commissioners.

[1:12:22] The diligence, you know, we're doing those comments and taking them to account as we go through this meeting of these regulations.

[1:12:31] So, it has not been a five-minute decision.

[1:12:35] It has been a time-consuming process.

[1:12:37] Working both here and with the governor's office, Lieutenant Governor and speaker and the legislature.

[1:12:41] I do expect you'll see some legislation coming through on all of this in the next session.

[1:12:46] Anyway, thank the commissioners and staff of the work they've been.

[1:12:51] If you have the comments for questions, if not, to keep being with the efficiency of this agency,

[1:12:57] we stay in the turn.

[1:13:02] I'm just a lot of 46.

[1:13:06] There will be an exception following in the lobby, is it correct?

Jan 20, 2026 Regular Commission Meeting - Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission

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