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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, 251.73, 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 251.727 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 251.727. CHANGE OF STATUS FOR TERRITORY ANNEXED BY |
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MUNICIPALITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only |
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to: |
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(1) a municipality that contains U.S. Highway 287 and |
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State Highway 294 and is located in a county with a population of |
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not less than 57,000 and not more than 59,000 on September 1, 2021; |
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or |
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(2) a municipality that: |
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(A) has a municipal boundary located not more |
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than 1.5 miles from an automobile racetrack with a seating capacity |
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of more than 100,000; |
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(B) has a population of more than 1,000 and less |
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than 3,000; and |
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(C) is located entirely within a county with a |
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population of more than 650,000 that is adjacent to two counties, |
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each of which has a population of more than 1.8 million. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law, an area annexed to a |
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municipality to which this section applies automatically assumes |
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the wet or dry status of that municipality on annexation. |
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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, 2021. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1729 was passed by the House on April |
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1, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 1729 on May 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, |
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1 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1729 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |