Amend CSHB 2001 as follows:
      (1)  On page 8, between lines 10 and 11, insert the
following:
      SECTION 13.  Section 151.429, Tax Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (i) to read as
follows:
      (h)  Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section,
the owner of a qualified hotel project shall receive a rebate,
refund, or payment of 100 percent of:
            (1)  the sales and use taxes paid or collected by the
qualified hotel project or businesses located in the qualified
hotel project pursuant to this chapter;
            (2)  <and 100 percent of> the hotel occupancy taxes
paid by persons for the use or possession of or for the right to
the use or possession of a room or space at the qualified hotel
project pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 156; and
            (3)  the mixed beverage taxes paid by permittees, as
that term is defined by Section 183.001, located at the qualified
hotel project that are not payable to a county or municipality
under Section 183.051 <during the first 10 years after such
qualified hotel project is open for initial occupancy>.
      (i)  The owner of a qualified hotel project shall receive the
rebate, refund, or payment under Subsection (h) for taxes paid or
collected during the first 10 years after the date the project
opens for initial occupancy.
      SECTION 14.  Subchapter I, Chapter 151, Tax Code, is amended
by adding Section 151.4295 to read as follows:
      Sec. 151.4295.  COLLECTION OF CERTAIN TAXES.
(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the
comptroller shall enter into an agreement with the owner of a
qualified hotel project entitled to receive a rebate, refund, or
payment under Section 151.429 under which the owner will collect
those taxes as the comptroller's agent and retain the taxes.
      (b)  An agreement made under Subsection (a) must:
            (1)  specify the date on which the agreement begins and
ends;
            (2)  require the owner of the qualified hotel project
to file periodic reports with the comptroller that include detailed
information relating to the total amount of each tax collected and
retained by the owner during the reporting period; and
            (3)  require the owner to keep and retain records
relating to the total amount of each tax collected and retained by
the owner.
      (c)  After the comptroller enters into an agreement under
Subsection (a), the comptroller shall issue to the owner of the
qualified hotel project and to each owner of a business located in
the qualified hotel project a certificate that:
            (1)  authorizes each owner to present the certificate
or a copy of the certificate to a seller of taxable items relating
to the qualified hotel project or business in lieu of the payment
of taxes under this chapter that would otherwise be due on the
purchase of the taxable items; and
            (2)  requires a business located in the qualified hotel
project to remit to the owner of the qualified hotel project any
taxes that would otherwise be remitted to the comptroller and
subject to rebate, refund, or payment under Section 151.429.
      SECTION 15.  Section 2303.5055, Government Code, is amended
by adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:
      (f)  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Tax Code, an
agreement entered into under this section may:
            (1)  provide that eligible taxable proceeds need not be
paid to or collected by a governmental body, the tax
assessor-collector of a governmental body, or the comptroller but
may be paid to, collected by, or retained by the owner of a
qualified hotel project;
            (2)  require the owner of a qualified hotel project to
file periodic reports with the governmental body that include
detailed information relating to the total amount of eligible
taxable proceeds collected and retained by the owner during the
reporting period; and
            (3)  require the owner to keep and retain records
relating to the total amount of eligible taxable proceeds collected
and retained by the owner.
      (g)  A governmental body that enters into an agreement under
this section may issue to each owner of a business located in a
qualified hotel project a certificate that requires each owner to
pay all eligible taxable proceeds directly to the owner of the
qualified hotel project in lieu of the payment or remittance of the
eligible taxable proceeds to the governmental body or the
comptroller.
      SECTION 16.  The change in law made by Sections 13, 14, and
15 of this Act does not affect taxes imposed before the effective
date of this Act, and the law in effect before that date is
continued in effect for purposes of the liability for and
collection of those taxes.
      (2)  Renumber the subsequent sections of the bill
appropriately.