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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in areas annexed or |
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owned by certain municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 251.72, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 251.72. CHANGE OF STATUS. Except as provided in |
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Sections 251.725, 251.726, 251.727, 251.73, and 251.80, an |
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authorized voting unit that has exercised or may exercise the right |
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of local option retains the status adopted, whether absolute |
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prohibition or legalization of the sale of alcoholic beverages of |
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one or more of the various types and alcoholic contents on which an |
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issue may be submitted under the terms of Section 501.035, Election |
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Code, until that status is changed by a subsequent local option |
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election in the same authorized voting unit. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 251, Alcoholic Beverage |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 251.725 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 251.727. CHANGE OF STATUS FOR TERRITORY ANNEXED OR |
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OWNED BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section applies only to a |
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municipality that: |
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(1) is partially located in five counties, one of |
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which has a population of 1.8 million or more and that is adjacent |
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to a county with a population of more than 2.2 million; |
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(2) may annex an area on request of owners under |
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Subchapter C-3, Chapter 43, Local Government Code and that is part |
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of a limited purpose annexation and development agreement under |
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Chapter 212, Local Government Code; and |
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(3) has within its boundaries all or part of an |
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international airport operated jointly by two municipalities. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law: |
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(1) an area annexed to a municipality to which this |
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section applies assumes the wet or dry status of that municipality; |
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and |
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(2) an area contiguous to and owned by a municipality |
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to which this section applies assumes the wet or dry status of that |
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municipality. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to an |
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area annexed or acquired by a municipality before, on, or after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |