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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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Relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in the jurisdiction of |
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certain municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS |
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SECTION 1. Add new subsections (d) and (e), to Section |
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251.80, Alcoholic Beverage Code, to read as follows: |
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(d) This subsection applies only to a territory that would |
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otherwise be subject to Subsection (a) of this Section and is |
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located in a city or town: |
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(1) with a population of at least 500,000; and |
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(2) is located in a county that has: |
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(A) a population of 1.4 million or more; and |
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(B) there are two or more cities or towns in the |
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county that: |
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(i) are predominately located in the |
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county; and |
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(ii) have a population of more than |
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300,000. |
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(e) The governing body of a city or town described by |
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Subsection (d) may define the boundaries of the original precinct |
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for purposes of a local option election. A local option election may |
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be held in a territory that is defined in accordance with this |
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Subsection. The city or town shall pay the local option election |
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expenses held in a territory that is defined in accordance with this |
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Subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |