By: Hamilton (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 4498
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2009;
May 1, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
and Commerce; May 14, 2009, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 14, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to ballot issues for a local option election to prohibit
the sale of alcoholic beverages.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 501.035(c), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) In an area where the sale of any type or classification
of [all] alcoholic beverages [including mixed beverages] has been
legalized, the ballot for a prohibitory election shall be prepared
to permit voting for or against the one of the following issues that
applies:
(1) "The legal sale of beer for off-premise
consumption only."
(2) "The legal sale of beer."
(3) "The legal sale of beer and wine for off-premise
consumption only."
(4) "The legal sale of beer and wine."
(5) "The legal sale of all alcoholic beverages for
off-premise consumption only."
(6) "The legal sale of all alcoholic beverages except
mixed beverages."
(7) "The legal sale of all alcoholic beverages
including mixed beverages."
(8) "The legal sale of mixed beverages."
(9) "The legal sale of mixed beverages in restaurants
by food and beverage certificate holders only."
(10) "The legal sale of wine on the premises of a
holder of a winery permit."
SECTION 2. Sections 501.035(d), (e), and (f), Election
Code, are repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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