By Madden                                             H.B. No. 3288
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to a local option election for the sale of beer and wine
 1-3     in certain cities or towns located in more than one county.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 251.18(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  This section applies only to an election to permit or
 1-8     prohibit the legal sale of:
 1-9                 (1)  mixed beverages by a food and beverage certificate
1-10     holder in an incorporated city or town that is located in more than
1-11     one county; or
1-12                 (2)  beer and wine in an incorporated city or town
1-13     where:
1-14                       (A)  all or a portion of the incorporated city or
1-15     town does not permit beer and wine sales on September 1, 2001; and
1-16                       (B)  is located in two counties:
1-17                             (i)  that each have a population of at
1-18     least 250,000 but not more than one million; and
1-19                             (ii)  one of which contains a city or town
1-20     with a population of 125,000 or more.
1-21           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.