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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to who may participate in certain local option elections |
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to prohibit or authorize 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. Subchapter C, Chapter 501, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 501.1035 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 501.1035. ELECTION IN TERRITORY ANNEXED BY |
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MUNICIPALITY. A municipality that includes an area annexed to the |
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municipality on or after the date on which a petition requesting a |
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local option election in the municipality is filed may hold the |
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election in the municipality only if the petition contains a |
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sufficient number of signatures to meet the requirements of Section |
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501.032, based on the number of qualified voters in the |
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municipality, including the annexed area. The qualified voters of |
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the annexed area must be allowed to vote in the local option |
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election. The results of the election shall determine the local |
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option status of the municipality, including the annexed area. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |