HB73 Summary

• Removes the exclusion of Clay, Randolph, and Blount Counties from municipal option elections regarding alcoholic beverage sales.

• Reduces the minimum population requirement for municipalities to hold wet/dry elections from 1,000 to 500 residents.

• Requires a petition signed by 30 percent of voters from the last general election to trigger a municipal option election on alcohol sales.

• If a majority votes "yes," the municipality becomes wet and alcohol sales laws apply immediately; if "no," it remains dry unless changed by subsequent election.

• Requires a minimum of 720 days between successive municipal option elections, though county wet-dry elections may be held without time restrictions.