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§ 501.109 — ELECTION IN MUNICIPALITIES

EL § 501.109Title 17. LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS · Ch. 501. LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS ON SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES · Art. C. HOLDING OF ELECTION

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(a)This section applies only to an election to permit or prohibit the legal sale of alcoholic beverages of one or more of the various types and alcoholic contents in a municipality.
(b)An election to which this section applies shall be conducted by the municipality instead of a county. For the purposes of an election conducted under this section, a reference in this chapter to:
(1)the county is considered to refer to the municipality;
(2)the commissioners court is considered to refer to the governing body of the municipality;
(3)the county clerk or voter registrar is considered to refer to the secretary of the municipality or, if the municipality does not have a secretary, to the person performing the functions of a secretary of the municipality; and
(4)the county judge is considered to refer to the mayor of the municipality or, if the municipality does not have a mayor, to the presiding officer of the governing body of the municipality.

Legislative history

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100), Sec. 41, eff. September 1, 2011.