Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 251.727
This is the official text of Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 251.727, part of Texas’s Alcoholic Beverage Code — regulates the sale and distribution of alcohol.
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§ 251.727. CHANGE OF STATUS FOR TERRITORY ANNEXED BY MUNICIPALITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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