HB 4449

relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in areas annexed by
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 251.72, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
Sec. 251.72.  CHANGE OF STATUS.  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.
SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 251, Alcoholic Beverage
Code, is amended by adding Section 251.728 to read as follows:
Sec. 251.728.  CHANGE OF STATUS FOR TERRITORY ANNEXED OR
OWNED BY MUNICIPALITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.  (a)  This section
applies only to a municipality that:
(1)  is wholly located in a county containing a portion
of U.S. Highways 60 and 87; and
(2)  has a population of more than 12,000.
(b)  Notwithstanding any other law, an area annexed to a
municipality to which this section applies assumes the wet or dry
SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies to an
area annexed by a municipality before, on, or after the effective
SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.