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1		-	H.B. No. 1729
	1	+	By: Harris (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 1729
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 6, 2021;
	3	+	April 12, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Business & Commerce; May 10, 2021, reported adversely, with
	5	+	favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7,
	6	+	Nays 0; May 10, 2021, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1729 By: Hancock
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	11	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	12		AN ACT
5	13		relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in areas annexed by
6	14		certain municipalities.
7	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	16		SECTION 1. Section 251.72, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
9	17		amended to read as follows:
10	18		Sec. 251.72. CHANGE OF STATUS. Except as provided in
11	19		Sections 251.725, 251.726, 251.727, 251.73, and 251.80, an
12	20		authorized voting unit that has exercised or may exercise the right
13	21		of local option retains the status adopted, whether absolute
14	22		prohibition or legalization of the sale of alcoholic beverages of
15	23		one or more of the various types and alcoholic contents on which an
16	24		issue may be submitted under the terms of Section 501.035, Election
17	25		Code, until that status is changed by a subsequent local option
18	26		election in the same authorized voting unit.
19	27		SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 251, Alcoholic Beverage
20	28		Code, is amended by adding Section 251.727 to read as follows:
21	29		Sec. 251.727. CHANGE OF STATUS FOR TERRITORY ANNEXED BY
22	30		MUNICIPALITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only
23	31		to:
24	32		(1) a municipality that contains U.S. Highway 287 and
25	33		State Highway 294 and is located in a county with a population of
26	34		not less than 57,000 and not more than 59,000 on September 1, 2021;
27	35		or
28	36		(2) a municipality that:
29	37		(A) has a municipal boundary located not more
30	38		than 1.5 miles from an automobile racetrack with a seating capacity
31	39		of more than 100,000;
32	40		(B) has a population of more than 1,000 and less
33	41		than 3,000; and
34	42		(C) is located entirely within a county with a
35	43		population of more than 650,000 that is adjacent to two counties,
36	44		each of which has a population of more than 1.8 million.
37	45		(b) Notwithstanding any other law, an area annexed to a
38	46		municipality to which this section applies automatically assumes
39	47		the wet or dry status of that municipality on annexation.
40	48		SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to an
41	49		area annexed by a municipality before, on, or after the effective
42	50		date of this Act.
43	51		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
44		-	______________________________ ______________________________
45		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
46		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1729 was passed by the House on April
47		-	1, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
48		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
49		-	No. 1729 on May 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0,
50		-	1 present, not voting.
51		-	______________________________
52		-	Chief Clerk of the House
53		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1729 was passed by the Senate, with
54		-	amendments, on May 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
55		-	0.
56		-	______________________________
57		-	Secretary of the Senate
58		-	APPROVED: __________________
59		-	Date
60		-	__________________
61		-	Governor
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