H.B. No. 1401
AN ACT
relating to who may participate in certain local option elections
to prohibit or authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 501, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 501.1035 to read as follows:
Sec. 501.1035. ELECTION IN TERRITORY ANNEXED BY
MUNICIPALITY. A municipality that includes an area annexed to the
municipality on or after the date on which a petition requesting a
local option election in the municipality is filed may hold the
election in the municipality only if the petition contains a
sufficient number of signatures to meet the requirements of Section
501.032, based on the number of qualified voters in the
municipality, including the annexed area. The qualified voters of
the annexed area must be allowed to vote in the local option
election. The results of the election shall determine the local
option status of the municipality, including the annexed area.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1401 was passed by the House on May 3,
2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 2.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1401 was passed by the Senate on May
13, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor