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AN ACT
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relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in areas annexed by |
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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, 251.728, 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 251.728 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 251.728. CHANGE OF STATUS FOR TERRITORY ANNEXED OR |
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OWNED BY MUNICIPALITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section |
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applies only to a municipality that: |
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(1) is wholly located in a county containing a portion |
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of U.S. Highways 60 and 87; and |
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(2) has a population of more than 12,000. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law, an area annexed to a |
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municipality to which this section applies assumes the wet or dry |
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status of that municipality. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to an |
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area annexed by a municipality before, on, or after the effective |
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date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4449 was passed by the House on May |
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16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 90, Nays 25, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4449 was passed by the Senate on May |
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27, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |