Sec. 251.725. CHANGE OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN TERRITORY ANNEXED BY MUNICIPALITY.

Text of subsection effective until September 01, 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 subsection effective on September 01, 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 subsection effective until September 01, 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 subsection effective on September 01, 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.

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.