By: Laubenberg (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 1401
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2011;
May 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
and Commerce; May 10, 2011, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 10, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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.
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