By: Shapiro S.B. No. 377 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. 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 1-13 that: 1-14 (A) does not permit beer and wine sales on 1-15 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.