Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 61.314 · Subchapter B. APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE OF LICENSES
PROTEST BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The following persons may protest an application for an alcoholic beverage license:
(1) the state senator, state representative, county commissioner, and city council member who represent the area in which the premises sought to be licensed are located;
(2) the commissioners court of the county in which the premises sought to be licensed are located;
(3) the county judge of the county in which the premises sought to be licensed are located;
(4) the sheriff or county or district attorney of the county in which the premises sought to be licensed are located;
(5) the mayor of the city or town in which the premises sought to be licensed are located; and
(6) the chief of police, city marshal, or city attorney of the city or town in which the premises sought to be permitted are located.
(b) The commission may give due consideration to the recommendations of a person listed under Subsection (a) when evaluating an application for a license under this code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 172, eff. December 31, 2020.
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.61.htm
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