Texas HB3085 allows certain municipalities to hold local option elections on alcohol sales and regulate premises in designated areas.

Texas HB3085 amends the Alcoholic Beverage Code to allow municipalities with specific population and geographic criteria to hold local option elections on the sale of alcoholic beverages. The bill applies to municipalities with a population of 15,000 or more and either located in two counties with one having a population of 340,000 or more and bordering the Gulf of Mexico, or having a population of 240,000 or more and located in two or more counties bordering a man-made lake of at least 20,000 acres.

Texas HB3085 allows certain municipalities to hold local option elections on alcohol sales and regulate premises in designated areas.

Texas HB3085 amends the Alcoholic Beverage Code to allow municipalities with specific population and geographic criteria to hold local option elections on the sale of alcoholic beverages. The bill applies to municipalities with a population of 15,000 or more and either located in two counties with one having a population of 340,000 or more and bordering the Gulf of Mexico, or having a population of 240,000 or more and located in two or more counties bordering a man-made lake of at least 20,000 acres.