Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 251.727 · Subchapter D. MISCELLANEOUS LOCAL OPTION PROVISIONS
CHANGE OF STATUS FOR TERRITORY ANNEXED BY MUNICIPALITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to:
(1) a municipality that contains U.S. Highway 287 and State Highway 294 and is located in a county with a population of not less than 57,000 and not more than 59,000 on September 1, 2021; or
(2) a municipality that:
(A) has a municipal boundary located not more than 1.5 miles from an automobile racetrack with a seating capacity of more than 100,000;
(B) has a population of more than 5,000 and less than 5,500; and
(C) is located entirely within a county with a population of more than 650,000 that is adjacent to two counties, each of which has a population of more than 1.8 million.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, an area annexed to a municipality to which this section applies automatically assumes the wet or dry status of that municipality on annexation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 309 (H.B. 1729), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AL/htm/AL.251.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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