H.B. No. 4456

AN ACT

relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in areas annexed or owned by certain municipalities.

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

SECTION 1. Section 251.726(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) This section applies only to a municipality that has within its boundaries all or part of an international airport operated jointly by two municipalities and:

(1) that is:

(A) partially located in three counties, two of which have a population of 1.8 million or more; and

(B) [(2) is] primarily located in a county with a population of 1.8 million or more; or

(2) that:

(A) is partially located in five counties, one of which:

(i) has a population of 1.8 million or more; and

(ii) is adjacent to a county with a population of 2.2 million or more;

(B) is subject to a limited purpose annexation and development agreement under Subchapter G, Chapter 212, Local Government Code; and

(C) may annex an area on request of the owners of land in the area under Subchapter C-3, Chapter 43, Local Government Code [(3) has within its boundaries all or part of an international airport operated jointly by two municipalities].

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an area annexed or acquired by a municipality before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4456 was passed by the House on April 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4456 was passed by the Senate on May 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________

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Governor