Amend the proposed committee substitute for CSHB 3555 by
adding the following appropriately numbered section and renumbering
the remaining sections accordingly:
      SECTION ____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 251, Alcoholic Beverage
Code, is amended by adding Section 251.18 to read as follows:
      Sec. 251.18.  ELECTION IN CERTAIN CITIES AND TOWNS.  (a)
This section applies only to an incorporated city or town located
in more than one county.
      (b)  Any election conducted under this chapter in a city or
town to which this section applies shall be conducted by the city
or town instead of the county.  For the purposes of this section,
in this subchapter and Subchapters B and C:
            (1)  a reference to the county is considered to refer
to the city or town;
            (2)  a reference to the commissioners court is
considered to refer to the governing body of the city or town;
            (3)  a reference to the county clerk or registrar of
voters is considered to refer to the secretary of the city or town
or, if the city or town does not have a secretary, to the person
performing the functions of a secretary of the city or town; and
            (4)  a reference to the county judge is considered to
refer to the mayor of the city or town or, if the city or town does
not have a mayor, to the presiding officer of the governing body of
the city or town.
      (c)  The city or town shall pay the expense of the election.
      (d)  An action to contest the election under Section 251.55
may be brought in the district court of any county in which the
city or town is located.