SRC-EPT, TBR S.B. 377 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterS.B. 377
By: Shapiro
Business & Commerce
6/13/2001
Enrolled


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

The decision to hold a local option election rests solely with the county
government.  A city located in two counties is prevented from holding a
local option alcohol election.  S.B. 377 allows an incorporated city or
town, located in two counties that meet the population requirements, to
hold a local option election. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 251.18(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, to make this
section applicable only to an election to permit or prohibit the legal sale
of beer and wine in an incorporated city or town that does not permit beer
and wine sales on September 1, 2001, and is located in two counties that
each have a population of at least 250,000 but not more than one million
and one of which contains a city or town with a population of 125,000 or
more; or in three counties that each have a population of not more than
300,000; and one of which contains a city or town with a population of
20,000 or more. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.