H.B. No. 4456
AN ACT
relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in areas annexed or
owned by certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 251.726(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) This section applies only to a municipality that has
within its boundaries all or part of an international airport
operated jointly by two municipalities and:
(1) that is:
(A) partially located in three counties, two of
which have a population of 1.8 million or more; and
(B) [(2) is] primarily located in a county with
a population of 1.8 million or more; or
(2) that:
(A) is partially located in five counties, one of
which:
(i) has a population of 1.8 million or more;
and
(ii) is adjacent to a county with a
population of 2.2 million or more;
(B) is subject to a limited purpose annexation
and development agreement under Subchapter G, Chapter 212, Local
Government Code; and
(C) may annex an area on request of the owners of
land in the area under Subchapter C-3, Chapter 43, Local Government
Code [(3) has within its boundaries all or part of an
international airport operated jointly by two municipalities].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an
area annexed or acquired by a municipality before, on, or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4456 was passed by the House on April
26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4456 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor