82R7769 MCK-D
By: Flynn H.B. No. 1563
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the period of time between certain local option
elections to legalize or prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 501.038, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 501.038. FREQUENCY OF ELECTIONS. A local option
election on a particular issue may not be held in a political
subdivision until after the third [first] anniversary of the most
recent local option election in that political subdivision on that
issue.
SECTION 2. Section 501.107, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 501.107. COUNTY PAYMENT OF ELECTION EXPENSES. The
county shall pay the expense of holding a local option election
authorized by this chapter in the county, justice precinct, or
municipality in that county except that:
(1) if an election is to be held only within the
corporate limits of a municipality located wholly within the
county, the county may require the municipality to reimburse the
county for all or part of the expenses of holding the local option
election;
(2) county payment of the expense of an election to
legalize the sale of alcoholic beverages is limited to the holding
of one election in a political subdivision during a three-year
[one-year] period; and
(3) county payment of the expense of an election to
prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages is limited to the holding
of one election in a political subdivision during a three-year
[one-year] period.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a local option election for which a petition is filed on or after
the effective date of this Act. A local option election for which a
petition is filed before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect immediately before that date, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.