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| 1 | 1 | By: Bowers H.B. No. 3085 | |
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| 6 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 8 | relating to a local option election on the sale of alcoholic | |
| 9 | 9 | beverages in certain areas of a municipality and the local | |
| 10 | 10 | regulation of premises in those areas. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 251.742, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (i) to | |
| 14 | 14 | read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | (b) This section applies only to a municipality that: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) has a population of 15,000 or more[;] and | |
| 17 | 17 | [(2)] is located in two counties one of which: | |
| 18 | 18 | (A) has a population of 340,000 or more; | |
| 19 | 19 | (B) contains a municipality in which at least 85 | |
| 20 | 20 | percent of the county's population resides; and | |
| 21 | 21 | (C) borders the Gulf of Mexico; or | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) has a population of 240,000 or more and: | |
| 23 | 23 | (A) is located in two or more counties; and | |
| 24 | 24 | (B) borders a man-made lake that has a surface | |
| 25 | 25 | area of at least 20,000 acres. | |
| 26 | 26 | (i) Subject to Chapter 211, Local Government Code, the | |
| 27 | 27 | governing body of the municipality may adopt zoning and land use | |
| 28 | 28 | regulations applicable to a premises that sells alcoholic | |
| 29 | 29 | beverages in the boundaries of a zone designated under this | |
| 30 | 30 | section. | |
| 31 | 31 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |