{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-251.72","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 251.72","heading":"CHANGE OF STATUS.","body":"Except as provided in Sections 251.725, 251.726, 251.727, 251.728, 251.73, and 251.80, an authorized voting unit that has exercised or may exercise the right of local option retains the status adopted, whether absolute prohibition or legalization of the sale of alcoholic beverages of one or more of the various types and alcoholic contents on which an issue may be submitted under the terms of Section 501.035, Election Code, until that status is changed by a subsequent local option election in the same authorized voting unit.\nActs 1977, 65th Leg., p. 555, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1298 (H.B. 2818), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 241 (S.B. 680), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 463 (H.B. 2735), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2015.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 24.002(1), eff. September 1, 2017.\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 309 (H.B. 1729), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 661 (H.B. 4449), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE","TITLE 6. LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 251. LOCAL OPTION STATUS","SUBCHAPTER D. MISCELLANEOUS LOCAL OPTION PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AL/htm/AL.251.htm#251.72","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:52Z","sha256":"d24b90de8e7f0cc0ae883f1bbc914446737f25f11998500fd5618595801b85f9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-251.71","next":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-251.725"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}