Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 251.726
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§ 251.726. CHANGE OF STATUS FOR TERRITORY ANNEXED OR OWNED BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
Official statutory text
(a) This section applies only to a municipality that has within its boundaries all or part of an international airport operated jointly by two municipalities and:
(1) that is:
(A) partially located in three counties, two of which have a population of 2.1 million or more; and
(B) primarily located in a county with a population of 2.1 million or more; or
(2) that:
(A) is partially located in five counties, one of which:
(i) has a population of 2.1 million or more; and
(ii) is adjacent to a county with a population of 2.2 million or more;
(B) is subject to a limited purpose annexation and development agreement under Subchapter G, Chapter 212, Local Government Code; and
(C) may annex an area on request of the owners of land in the area under Subchapter C-3, Chapter 43, Local Government Code.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law:
(1) an area annexed to a municipality to which this section applies assumes the wet or dry status of that municipality; and
(2) an area contiguous to and owned by a municipality to which this section applies assumes the wet or dry status of that municipality.
(1) that is:
(A) partially located in three counties, two of which have a population of 2.1 million or more; and
(B) primarily located in a county with a population of 2.1 million or more; or
(2) that:
(A) is partially located in five counties, one of which:
(i) has a population of 2.1 million or more; and
(ii) is adjacent to a county with a population of 2.2 million or more;
(B) is subject to a limited purpose annexation and development agreement under Subchapter G, Chapter 212, Local Government Code; and
(C) may annex an area on request of the owners of land in the area under Subchapter C-3, Chapter 43, Local Government Code.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law:
(1) an area annexed to a municipality to which this section applies assumes the wet or dry status of that municipality; and
(2) an area contiguous to and owned by a municipality to which this section applies assumes the wet or dry status of that municipality.
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