Amend CSHB 2 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION. (a) The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission may not spend money appropriated to the agency by Chapter 1281 (HB 1), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 (the General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2017:

(1)  for travel outside the state, other than for bona fide and documented law enforcement or investigative activities; or

(2)  to attend or participate in an event, training, conference, class, or similar activity outside the state.

(b)  The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and employees of the commission may not accept payments from or spending authority on behalf of any trade, professional, or industry organization for any purpose or in any form, including a travel subsidy, payment of travel or other expenses for conference presenters, prepaid meals, or lodging.