Sec. 251.727.  CHANGE OF STATUS FOR TERRITORY ANNEXED BY MUNICIPALITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.  (a)  This section applies only to:
(1)  a municipality that contains U.S. Highway 287 and State Highway 294 and is located in a county with a population of not less than 57,000 and not more than 59,000 on September 1, 2021; or
(2)  a municipality that:
(A)  has a municipal boundary located not more than 1.5 miles from an automobile racetrack with a seating capacity of more than 100,000;
(B)  has a population of more than 5,000 and less than 5,500; and
(C)  is located entirely within a county with a population of more than 650,000 that is adjacent to two counties, each of which has a population of more than 1.8 million.
(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.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 309 (H.B. 1729), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.
Amended by: 
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2023.