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Senate Bill 1735 |
Senate Author: Shapiro |
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Effective: Vetoed |
House Sponsor: Jackson, Jim |
Senate Bill 1735 amends the Local Government Code to provide that a local option election for or against the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-premise consumption that is held in a county or justice precinct in which is located all or part of certain home-rule municipalities does not alter, modify, or supersede a home-rule charter restriction of that municipality regardless of whether the election was held before, on, or after the effective date of this provision or the charter restriction. The bill stipulates that the charter restriction of such a municipality is in all respects validated.
Reason Given for Veto: "Senate Bill No. 1735 seeks to clarify the Town of Addison's alcoholic beverage charter amendment, which limited alcohol sales for off premises consumption within the limits of the municipality.
"I am vetoing Senate Bill No. 1735 because a municipality's wet/dry status should not affect the boundaries of a local option justice of the peace precinct election and vice versa, which this bill does."