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Texas Election Code § 501.022

Qualifications for New Political Subdivision to Hold Election

Local Option Elections on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages · Manner of Calling Election

(a) A political subdivision must have been in existence for at least 18 months before a local option election to legalize or prohibit the sale of liquor in the political subdivision may be held.

(b) The political subdivision must include substantially all the area encompassed by the political subdivision at the time of its creation and may include any other area subsequently annexed by or added to the political subdivision.

(c) This section does not apply to a municipality incorporated before December 1, 1971.

Official text of the Texas Election Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.