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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, 251.73, and 251.80, an authorized voting unit |
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that has exercised or may exercise the right of local option retains |
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the status adopted, whether absolute prohibition or legalization of |
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the sale of alcoholic beverages of one or more of the various types |
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and alcoholic contents on which an issue may be submitted under the |
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terms of Section 501.035, Election Code, until that status is |
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changed by a subsequent local option election in the same |
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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. 251.725. CHANGE OF STATUS FOR TERRITORY ANNEXED OR |
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OWNED BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section applies only to |
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a municipality that: |
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(1) is partially located in three counties, two of |
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which have a population of 1.8 million or more; |
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(2) is primarily located in a county with a population |
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of 1.8 million or more; 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, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 680 passed the Senate on |
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April 9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 680 passed the House on |
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May 19, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |