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