{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-251.725","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 251.725","heading":"CHANGE OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN TERRITORY ANNEXED BY MUNICIPALITY.","body":"(a) This section applies only to a municipality whose local option status allows for the legal sale of malt beverages and wine for off-premise consumption only as a result of a local option election on the applicable ballot issue held on or after January 1, 1985.\n(b) The governing body of a municipality described by Subsection (a) may adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of malt beverages and wine for off-premise consumption in an area annexed by the municipality after that election if at the time the ordinance is adopted:\n(1) the annexed area is not more than one percent of the total area covered by the municipality;\n(2) all of the land in the annexed area is zoned for commercial use only; and\n(3) the annexed area is not adjacent to residential, church, or school property.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 463 (H.B. 2735), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2015.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 382, eff. September 1, 2021.","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#251.725","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:52Z","sha256":"887b33cfa39df4d25657a65ae279512d3b7780c494bab458e2d240e8fce6f7dd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-251.72","next":"us-tx/tex.-alcoholic-beverage-code-251.726"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}