By: Hamilton (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 4498

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2009; May 1, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; May 14, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 14, 2009, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to ballot issues for a local option election to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 501.035(c), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

(c) In an area where the sale of any type or classification of [all] alcoholic beverages [including mixed beverages] has been legalized, the ballot for a prohibitory election shall be prepared to permit voting for or against the one of the following issues that applies:

(1) "The legal sale of beer for off-premise consumption only."

(2) "The legal sale of beer."

(3) "The legal sale of beer and wine for off-premise consumption only."

(4) "The legal sale of beer and wine."

(5) "The legal sale of all alcoholic beverages for off-premise consumption only."

(6) "The legal sale of all alcoholic beverages except mixed beverages."

(7) "The legal sale of all alcoholic beverages including mixed beverages."

(8) "The legal sale of mixed beverages."

(9) "The legal sale of mixed beverages in restaurants by food and beverage certificate holders only."

(10) "The legal sale of wine on the premises of a holder of a winery permit."

SECTION 2. Sections 501.035(d), (e), and (f), Election Code, are repealed.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.

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