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S.B. No. 1034 Chapter 778 1 AN ACT 2 relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain municipalities 3 to order a local option election relating to the sale of alcoholic 4 beverages. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 6 SECTION 1. The heading to Section 501.021, Election Code, 7 is amended to read as follows: 8 Sec. 501.021. ELECTION TO BE HELD BY PETITION. 9 SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Election Code, is 10 amended by adding Section 501.0211 to read as follows: 11 Sec. 501.0211. ELECTION CALLED BY GOVERNING BODY OF 12 MUNICIPALITY. (a) This section applies only to a municipality: 13 (1) with a population of at least 112,000 located in a 14 county with a population of not more than 135,000; 15 (2) in which the sale of one or more types or
16 classifications of alcoholic beverage is legal in the municipality 17 as a result of a local option election held in the municipality; and 18 (3) that, after the election is held, annexes 19 territory in which the sale of one or more of those types or 20 classifications of alcoholic beverage is not legal. 21 (b) After holding a public hearing, the governing body of a 22 municipality described by Subsection (a) may, by resolution, order 23 a local option election to be held in the municipality on the ballot 24 issue the passage of which would legalize the sale of the same types
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Texas. Legislature. Senate.81st Texas Legislature, House Bill 1034, Chapter 778,
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June 19, 2009;
[Austin, Texas].
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