By Gallegos S.B. No. 1307
75R5748 SRC-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to sources of revenue dedicated to preservation,
1-3 enhancement, and promotion of historical resources.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 442, Government Code, is amended by
1-6 adding Sections 442.0151 and 442.0152 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 442.0151. HISTORICAL RESOURCES FUND. The historical
1-8 resources fund is a separate account in the general revenue fund.
1-9 The account consists of transfers to the account, grants and
1-10 donations to the commission not subject to Section 442.015, and
1-11 income earned on money in the account. Money in the account may be
1-12 used only for the preservation, enhancement, and promotion of
1-13 historical resources and may be appropriated for that purpose to
1-14 the commission or to other agencies.
1-15 Sec. 442.0152. HISTORICAL RESOURCES CREDIT CARD. The
1-16 commission may contract with a major credit card company in the
1-17 United States to produce a suitable card that promotes public
1-18 participation in preservation, enhancement, and promotion of Texas
1-19 historical resources. Revenues payable to the commission derived
1-20 from use of the card shall be deposited to the credit of the
1-21 historical resources fund.
1-22 SECTION 2. Section 156.001, Tax Code, is amended to read as
1-23 follows:
1-24 Sec. 156.001. DEFINITIONS [Definition]. In this chapter:
2-1 (1) "Hotel" [, "hotel"] means a building in which
2-2 members of the public obtain sleeping accommodations for
2-3 consideration and a campsite with utilities. The term includes a
2-4 hotel, motel, tourist home, tourist house, tourist court, lodging
2-5 house, inn, rooming house, or bed and breakfast. The term does not
2-6 include:
2-7 (A) [(1)] a hospital, sanitarium, or nursing
2-8 home; or
2-9 (B) [(2)] a dormitory or other housing facility
2-10 owned or leased and operated by an institution of higher education
2-11 or a private or independent institution of higher education as
2-12 those terms are defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, used by
2-13 the institution for the purpose of providing sleeping
2-14 accommodations for persons engaged in an educational program or
2-15 activity at the institution.
2-16 (2) "Campsite with utilities" means a site for the
2-17 erection of a tent or similar temporary shelter, or for the parking
2-18 of a trailer, recreational vehicle, or truck camper, for which the
2-19 proprietor provides water and electricity on the individual
2-20 campsite.
2-21 SECTION 3. Section 156.251, Tax Code, is amended by adding
2-22 Subsection (b) to read as follows:
2-23 (b) The revenue from the tax imposed by this chapter on a
2-24 campsite with utilities shall be credited to the historical
2-25 resources fund. Subsection (d) and Section 156.2511 do not apply
2-26 to revenue from the tax imposed by this chapter on a campsite with
2-27 utilities.
3-1 SECTION 4. Section 151.801, Tax Code, is amended by amending
3-2 Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
3-3 (a) Except for the amounts allocated under Subsections (b),
3-4 [and] (c), and (f), all proceeds from the collection of the taxes
3-5 imposed by this chapter shall be deposited to the credit of the
3-6 general revenue fund.
3-7 (f) The amount of the proceeds from the collection of taxes
3-8 imposed by this chapter on the sale of taxable items by a museum
3-9 retail shop or a retail gift shop of a park or historical site
3-10 shall be deposited to the credit of the historical resources fund.
3-11 SECTION 5. Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
3-12 is amended by adding Section 502.289 to read as follows:
3-13 Sec. 502.289. HISTORICAL RESOURCES LICENSE PLATES. (a) The
3-14 department shall issue specially designed historical resources
3-15 license plates for passenger cars and light trucks.
3-16 (b) The license plates must include the words "Texas
3-17 Historical Resources" and be of a color, quality, and design
3-18 approved by the Texas Historical Commission.
3-19 (c) The department shall issue license plates under this
3-20 section to a person who:
3-21 (1) applies to the county assessor-collector for the
3-22 county in which the person resides on a form provided by the
3-23 department; and
3-24 (2) pays an annual fee of $25 in addition to the fee
3-25 prescribed by Section 502.161 and, if personalized prestige license
3-26 plates are issued, in addition to the fee prescribed by Section
3-27 502.251.
4-1 (d) The department shall deposit $20 of each fee collected
4-2 under this section to the credit of the historical resources fund
4-3 established under Section 442.0151, Government Code.
4-4 (e) The remainder of each fee collected under this section,
4-5 after deposit provided by Subsection (d), may be used only to
4-6 defray the cost of administering this section.
4-7 (f) If the owner of a vehicle registered under this section
4-8 disposes of the vehicle during the registration year, the owner
4-9 shall return the special license plates to the department.
4-10 SECTION 6. Sections 2 and 3 of this Act take effect October
4-11 1, 1997. All other provisions of this Act take effect September 1,
4-12 1997.
4-13 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the
4-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.