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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to ballot issues for a local option election to prohibit |
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the sale of alcoholic beverages. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 501.035(c), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) In an area where the sale of any type or classification |
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of [all] alcoholic beverages [including mixed beverages] has been |
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legalized, the ballot for a prohibitory election shall be prepared |
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to permit voting for or against the one of the following issues that |
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applies: |
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(1) "The legal sale of beer for off-premise |
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consumption only." |
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(2) "The legal sale of beer." |
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(3) "The legal sale of beer and wine for off-premise |
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consumption only." |
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(4) "The legal sale of beer and wine." |
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(5) "The legal sale of all alcoholic beverages for |
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off-premise consumption only." |
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(6) "The legal sale of all alcoholic beverages except |
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mixed beverages." |
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(7) "The legal sale of all alcoholic beverages |
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including mixed beverages." |
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(8) "The legal sale of mixed beverages." |
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(9) "The legal sale of mixed beverages in restaurants |
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by food and beverage certificate holders only." |
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(10) "The legal sale of wine on the premises of a |
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holder of a winery permit." |
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SECTION 2. Sections 501.035(d), (e), and (f), Election |
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Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |