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      By: Bowers H.B. No. 3085       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a local option election on the sale of alcoholic   beverages in certain areas of a municipality and the local   regulation of premises in those areas.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 251.742, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is   amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (i) to   read as follows:          (b)  This section applies only to a municipality that:                (1)  has a population of 15,000 or more[ ; ] and                [ (2) ] is located in two counties one of which:                      (A)  has a population of 340,000 or more;                      (B)  contains a municipality in which at least 85   percent of the county's population resides; and                      (C)  borders the Gulf of Mexico ; or                 (2)  has a population of 240,000 or more and:                       (A)  is located in two or more counties; and                       (B)     borders a man-made lake that has a surface   area of at least 20,000 acres .           (i)     Subject to Chapter 211, Local Government Code, the   governing body of the municipality may adopt zoning and land use   regulations applicable to a premises that sells alcoholic   beverages in the boundaries of a zone designated under this   section.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.