| 1 | 1 | | By: Laubenberg (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 1401 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Business |
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| 4 | 4 | | and Commerce; May 10, 2011, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | 5 | | vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 10, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to who may participate in certain local option elections |
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| 11 | 11 | | to prohibit or authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 501, Election Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Section 501.1035 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 501.1035. ELECTION IN TERRITORY ANNEXED BY |
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| 16 | 16 | | MUNICIPALITY. A municipality that includes an area annexed to the |
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| 17 | 17 | | municipality on or after the date on which a petition requesting a |
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| 18 | 18 | | local option election in the municipality is filed may hold the |
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| 19 | 19 | | election in the municipality only if the petition contains a |
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| 20 | 20 | | sufficient number of signatures to meet the requirements of Section |
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| 21 | 21 | | 501.032, based on the number of qualified voters in the |
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| 22 | 22 | | municipality, including the annexed area. The qualified voters of |
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| 23 | 23 | | the annexed area must be allowed to vote in the local option |
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| 24 | 24 | | election. The results of the election shall determine the local |
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| 25 | 25 | | option status of the municipality, including the annexed area. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 27 | 27 | | * * * * * |
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