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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the period of time between certain local option |
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elections to legalize or prohibit 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 501.038, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 501.038. FREQUENCY OF ELECTIONS. A local option |
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election on a particular issue may not be held in a political |
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subdivision until after the third [first] anniversary of the most |
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recent local option election in that political subdivision on that |
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issue. |
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SECTION 2. Section 501.107, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 501.107. COUNTY PAYMENT OF ELECTION EXPENSES. The |
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county shall pay the expense of holding a local option election |
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authorized by this chapter in the county, justice precinct, or |
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municipality in that county except that: |
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(1) if an election is to be held only within the |
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corporate limits of a municipality located wholly within the |
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county, the county may require the municipality to reimburse the |
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county for all or part of the expenses of holding the local option |
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election; |
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(2) county payment of the expense of an election to |
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legalize the sale of alcoholic beverages is limited to the holding |
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of one election in a political subdivision during a three-year |
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[one-year] period; and |
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(3) county payment of the expense of an election to |
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prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages is limited to the holding |
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of one election in a political subdivision during a three-year |
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[one-year] period. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a local option election for which a petition is filed on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. A local option election for which a |
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petition is filed before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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by the law in effect immediately before that date, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |