| 1 | 1 | | 89R12459 MPF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Smithee H.B. No. 4449 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in areas annexed by |
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| 10 | 10 | | certain municipalities. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 251.72, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 251.72. CHANGE OF STATUS. Except as provided in |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sections 251.725, 251.726, 251.727, 251.728, 251.73, and 251.80, an |
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| 16 | 16 | | authorized voting unit that has exercised or may exercise the right |
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| 17 | 17 | | of local option retains the status adopted, whether absolute |
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| 18 | 18 | | prohibition or legalization of the sale of alcoholic beverages of |
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| 19 | 19 | | one or more of the various types and alcoholic contents on which an |
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| 20 | 20 | | issue may be submitted under the terms of Section 501.035, Election |
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| 21 | 21 | | Code, until that status is changed by a subsequent local option |
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| 22 | 22 | | election in the same authorized voting unit. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 251, Alcoholic Beverage |
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| 24 | 24 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 251.728 to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | Sec. 251.728. CHANGE OF STATUS FOR TERRITORY ANNEXED OR |
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| 26 | 26 | | OWNED BY MUNICIPALITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section |
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| 27 | 27 | | applies only to a municipality that: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) is wholly located in a county containing a portion |
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| 29 | 29 | | of U.S. Highways 60 and 87; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) has a population of more than 12,000. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other law, an area annexed to a |
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| 32 | 32 | | municipality to which this section applies assumes the wet or dry |
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| 33 | 33 | | status of that municipality. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to an |
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| 35 | 35 | | area annexed by a municipality before, on, or after the effective |
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| 36 | 36 | | date of this Act. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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