86R14698 MCK-F
By: Bailes, Murr H.B. No. 4245
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the percentage of voters needed to sign a petition
requesting a local option election to prohibit or authorize the
sale of alcoholic beverages.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 501.032(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The commissioners court, at its next regular session on
or after the 30th day after the date the petition is filed, shall
order a local option election to be held on the issue set out in the
petition if the petition is filed with the voter registrar not later
than the 60th day after the date the petition is issued and bears
the actual signatures of a number of qualified voters of the
political subdivision equal to at least:
(1) 20 [35] percent of the registered voters in the
subdivision who voted in the most recent gubernatorial election for
a ballot issue that permits voting for or against:
(A) "The legal sale of all alcoholic beverages
for off-premise consumption only.";
(B) "The legal sale of all alcoholic beverages
except mixed beverages.";
(C) "The legal sale of all alcoholic beverages
including mixed beverages."; or
(D) "The legal sale of mixed beverages.";
(2) 20 [25] percent of the registered voters in the
political subdivision who voted in the most recent general election
for a ballot issue that permits voting for or against "The legal
sale of wine on the premises of a holder of a winery permit."; or
(3) 20 [35] percent of the registered voters in the
political subdivision who voted in the most recent gubernatorial
election for an election on any other ballot issue.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a petition filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A
petition filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law in effect when the petition is filed, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.