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\"WilliamsonWilliamson County<\/a> commissioners have voted to expand the alcohol sales buffer zone<\/a> around churches, schools and hospitals.\u00a0\u00a0In Texas, the typical buffer zone is 300 feet past the property line, but state law allows it to be expanded to 1000 feet, or about the length of three football fields.\u00a0\u00a0The last time Williamson County commissioners made this kind of change was back in 1996.<\/p>\n

The other side:\u00a0\u00a0Not every case would require that big of a no-sales gap, says County Commissioner Russ Boles.\u00a0\u00a0“As Williamson County grows, we have commercial interest in conflict with schools and churches, and it gives a chance to follow the updated state statute that creates perhaps a little more space, a little more clarity, so that both parties understand what to expect when they apply for that TABC license,” said Boles.<\/p>\n

Years ago, Texas had tough restrictions on alcohol sales, part of a larger collection of regulations known as the Blue Laws. Commissioner Boles indicated what\u2019s being done now is not an attempt to resurrect the past.\u00a0\u00a0“Not at all. I don\u2019t think, for the most part, that\u2019s what the people in Williamson County want. They do want to make sure their great institutions, like their churches and their schools, have the room to operate without alcohol being right in their face,” said Boles.<\/p>\n

The extra distance isn\u2019t automatic. A request has to be made by the school districts, and by the governing bodies of any hospital and private school that may want a wider buffer zone.\u00a0\u00a0“I even think the people seeking the license would agree. They would just say tell us the rules and don\u2019t change them,” said Boles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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