Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1150 amends Local Government Code provisions relating to sports and community venue projects by counties and municipalities to authorize as a venue a conservation easement, a watershed protection and preservation project, an open-space preservation program intended to protect water, or a recharge, recharge area, or recharge feature protection project. Water obtained from acquiring a property for such a venue project may be used only for the maintenance of that property. The county or municipality may impose sales and use taxes to finance such a project, even if the venue project is not located in the municipality or county, but it may not impose a hotel occupancy tax for that purpose. While previous law prohibited use of revenue from ad valorem taxes to construct, operate, maintain, or renovate a venue, House Bill 1150 permits use of such revenue for the type of venue newly authorized in the bill or for a municipal parks and recreation system, or improvements, additions, areas, or facilities of a municipal parks and recreation system.