Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 808 amends the Tax Code authority of a municipality that borders the Gulf of Mexico and has a population of more than 250,000 to use revenue generated by its hotel occupancy tax to clean and maintain public beaches in the municipality. Previous law provided that such authority applied to revenue from hotels previously subject to a county hotel occupancy tax. In House Bill 808, that authority extends to all hotels in an area previously subject to the county tax and located on an island bordering the Gulf of Mexico.