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Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code - ALCO BEV § 251.725. Change of Status for Certain Territory Annexed by Municipality

Current as of April 14, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

<Text of (a) effective until September 1, 2021>

(a) This section applies only to a municipality whose local option status allows for the legal sale of beer and wine for off-premise consumption only as a result of a local option election on the applicable ballot issue held on or after January 1, 1985.

<Text of (a) effective September 1, 2021>

(a) This section applies only to a municipality whose local option status allows for the legal sale of malt beverages and wine for off-premise consumption only as a result of a local option election on the applicable ballot issue held on or after January 1, 1985.

<Text of (b) effective until September 1, 2021>

(b) The governing body of a municipality described by Subsection (a) may adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of beer and wine for off-premise consumption in an area annexed by the municipality after that election if at the time the ordinance is adopted:

(1) the annexed area is not more than one percent of the total area covered by the municipality;

(2) all of the land in the annexed area is zoned for commercial use only;  and

(3) the annexed area is not adjacent to residential, church, or school property.

<Text of (b) effective September 1, 2021>

(b) The governing body of a municipality described by Subsection (a) may adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of malt beverages and wine for off-premise consumption in an area annexed by the municipality after that election if at the time the ordinance is adopted:

(1) the annexed area is not more than one percent of the total area covered by the municipality;

(2) all of the land in the annexed area is zoned for commercial use only;  and

(3) the annexed area is not adjacent to residential, church, or school property.

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