87R7124 JAM-D     By: Harris H.B. No. 1729       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in areas annexed by   certain municipalities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 251.72, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 251.72.  CHANGE OF STATUS. Except as provided in   Sections 251.725, 251.726, 251.727, 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 251.727 to read as follows:          Sec. 251.727.  CHANGE OF STATUS FOR TERRITORY ANNEXED BY   MUNICIPALITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only   to a municipality that:                (1)  contains U.S. Highway 287 and State Highway 294;   and                (2)  is located in a county with a population of not   less than 57,000 and not more than 59,000 on September 1, 2021.          (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.          SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies to an   area annexed by a municipality before, on, or after the effective   date of this Act.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.