1-1 By: Shapiro S.B. No. 377 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed January 24, 2001; January 25, 2001, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; 1-4 March 8, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, 1-5 Nays 0; March 8, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to a local option election for the sale of beer and wine 1-9 in certain cities or towns located in more than one county. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 251.18, Alcoholic 1-12 Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows: 1-13 (a) This section applies only to an election to permit or 1-14 prohibit the legal sale of: 1-15 (1) mixed beverages by a food and beverage certificate 1-16 holder in an incorporated city or town that is located in more than 1-17 one county; or 1-18 (2) beer and wine in an incorporated city or town 1-19 that: 1-20 (A) does not permit beer and wine sales on 1-21 September 1, 2001; and 1-22 (B) is located in two counties: 1-23 (i) that each have a population of at 1-24 least 250,000 but not more than one million; and 1-25 (ii) one of which contains a city or town 1-26 with a population of 125,000 or more. 1-27 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-28 * * * * *