Texas § AL.251.725 - CHANGE OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN TERRITORY ANNEXED BY MUNICIPALITY
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§ AL.251.725. CHANGE OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN TERRITORY ANNEXED BY MUNICIPALITY
CHANGE OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN TERRITORY ANNEXED BY MUNICIPALITY. (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. (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. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 463 (H.B. 2735 ), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2015. Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545 ), Sec. 382, eff. September 1, 2021.
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