Section 251.727 - Change of Status for Territory Annexed By Municipalities in Certain Counties(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.Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 251.727
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 644,Sec. 5, eff. 9/1/2023.Added by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. TBD,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2021.