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Sponsors
House committee · Licensing & Administrative Procedures · Committee vote 12 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee
Senate committee · State Affairs · Committee vote 10 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee
Subjects
Alcoholic Beverage Regulation
City Government--General
County Government--General
Elections--General
Text
The text as introduced · 235 words
89R2649 SCF-D
By: Gerdes
H.B. No. 2885
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain political
subdivisions to call for a local option election relating to the
sale of alcoholic beverages.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 501.0211 to read as follows:
Sec. 501.0211. ELECTION CALLED BY GOVERNING BODY OF
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. (a) This section applies only to a county:
(1) with a population of more than 70,000 and less than
100,000;
(2) that contains a portion of the Colorado River; and
(3) that is adjacent to a county with a population of
one million or more.
(b) The commissioners court of a county may, on the
commissioners court's own motion, order a local option election in
the county or a justice precinct in the county to determine whether
the sale of alcoholic beverages of one or more of the various types
and alcoholic contents shall be legalized in the county or the
justice precinct.
(c) The governing body of a municipality may, by resolution,
order a local option election to be held in the municipality to
determine whether the sale of alcoholic beverages of one or more of
the various types and alcoholic contents shall be legalized in the
municipality.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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