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House Bill 3597 |
House Author: Larson |
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Effective: 6-17-11 |
Senate Sponsor: Uresti |
House Bill 3597 amends the Local Government Code to make adjustments to the applicability of statutory provisions relating to certain improvement projects. The bill authorizes a public improvement district created in a county with certain characteristics, after obtaining consent from a specified public entity, to annex or exclude land from the district as provided by the law. The bill removes certain specifications related to the imposition and the use of revenue generated from the hotel occupancy tax in a public improvement district. The bill authorizes a hotel occupancy tax imposed by a district in such a county to be used for certain purposes. The bill authorizes a public improvement district located in a county with certain characteristics, if authorized by the county, to use the revenue from a hotel occupancy tax for any purpose authorized by provisions of law relating to certain improvement projects if the owner of the hotel agrees to the imposition of the tax.