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.  Subsection (a), Section 251.18, Alcoholic
 1-6     Beverage Code, is 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 that
1-13     does not permit beer and wine sales on September 1, 2001, and is
1-14     located in:
1-15                       (A)  two counties:
1-16                             (i)  that each have a population of at
1-17     least 250,000 but not more than one million; and
1-18                             (ii)  one of which contains a city or town
1-19     with a population of 125,000 or more; or
1-20                       (B)  three counties:
1-21                             (i)  that each have a population of not
1-22     more than 300,000; and
1-23                             (ii)  one of which contains a city or town
1-24     with a population of 20,000 or more.
1-25           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 377 passed the Senate on
         March 15, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0, one
         present, not voting; and that the Senate concurred in House
         amendment on May 24, 2001, by a viva-voce vote.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 377 passed the House, with
         amendment, on May 18, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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                                                Chief Clerk of the House
         Approved:
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                      Date
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                    Governor