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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in areas annexed by |
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certain municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 251.72, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 251.72. CHANGE OF STATUS. Except as provided in |
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Sections 251.725, 251.726, 251.727, 251.73, and 251.80, an |
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authorized voting unit that has exercised or may exercise the right |
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of local option retains the status adopted, whether absolute |
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prohibition or legalization of the sale of alcoholic beverages of |
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one or more of the various types and alcoholic contents on which an |
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issue may be submitted under the terms of Section 501.035, Election |
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Code, until that status is changed by a subsequent local option |
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election in the same authorized voting unit. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 251, Alcoholic Beverage |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 251.727 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 251.727. CHANGE OF STATUS FOR TERRITORY ANNEXED BY |
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MUNICIPALITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only |
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to a municipality that: |
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(1) has a municipal boundary located not more than 1.5 |
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miles from an automobile racetrack with a seating capacity of more |
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than 100,000; |
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(2) has a population of more than 1,000 and less than |
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3,000; and |
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(3) is located entirely within a county with a |
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population of more than 650,000 that is adjacent to two counties, |
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each of which has a population of more than 1.8 million. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law, an area annexed to a |
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municipality to which this section applies automatically assumes |
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the wet or dry status of that municipality on annexation. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to an |
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area annexed by a municipality before, on, or after the effective |
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date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |