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      H.B. No. 4449         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, 251.728, 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   status of that municipality.          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, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 4449 was passed by the House on May   16, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 90, Nays 25, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 4449 was passed by the Senate on May   27, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays 3.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor