By Serna                                              H.B. No. 2928
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the definition of hotel for purposes of the county
    1-3  hotel occupancy tax.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Section 352.001, Tax Code, is amended by amending
    1-6  Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivisions (6) and (7) to read as
    1-7  follows:
    1-8              (1)  "Hotel" has the meaning assigned by Section
    1-9  156.001(1), except that the term also includes a recreational
   1-10  vehicle space or a campsite.
   1-11              (6)  "Campsite" means a space used for overnight tent
   1-12  camping.
   1-13              (7)  "Recreational vehicle space" means a space used
   1-14  for parking a recreational vehicle overnight and includes dry
   1-15  camping, limited hook-ups, and full-service hook-ups.
   1-16        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
   1-17        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
   1-18  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   1-19  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   1-20  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   1-21  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.