Amend CSHB 2844 as follows:
      (1)  On page 1, immediately after the period on line 23, add
the following:
      The term also includes a hotel owned by or located on land
that is owned by an eligible central municipality or by a nonprofit
corporation acting on behalf of an eligible central municipality
and is located within 1,000 feet of a convention center facility
owned by the municipality.
      (2)  Add the following new SECTIONS to the Bill,
appropriately numbered, and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the
Bill accordingly:
      SECTION     .  Section 151.429, Tax Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (i) to read as
follows:
      (h)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a) through (g) <the other
provisions of this section>, the owner of a qualified hotel project
shall receive a rebate, refund, or payment of 100 percent of 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 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 during the first
10 years after such qualified hotel project is open for initial
occupancy. The rebate, refund, or payment of sales and use taxes
does not apply to a qualified hotel project described under
Subsection (i).
      (i)  After January 1, 1999, a qualified hotel project may be
constructed in each eligible central municipality, as defined by
Section 351.001. This subsection does not apply to a municipality
with a population of 1,500,000 or more.
      SECTION     .  Section 351.102, Tax Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
      (c)  An eligible central municipality may pledge the revenue
derived from the tax imposed under this chapter from a qualified
hotel project, as defined by Section 2303.003, Government Code,
that is owned by or located on land owned by the municipality or by
a nonprofit corporation acting on behalf of an eligible central
municipality and is located within 1,000 feet of a convention
center facility owned by the municipality for the payment of bonds
or other obligations issued or incurred to acquire, lease,
construct, and equip the hotel. For bonds or other obligations
issued under this subsection, an eligible central municipality may
only pledge revenue or other assets of the qualified hotel project
benefitting from those bonds or other obligations.
      SECTION     .  Section 2303.003(8), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      (8)  "Qualified hotel project" means a hotel proposed to be
constructed by a municipality or a nonprofit municipally sponsored
local government corporation created under Chapter 431,
Transportation Code, <the Texas Transportation Corporation Act
(Article 15281, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes> that is within 1,000
feet of a convention center owned by a municipality having a
population of 1,500,000 or more, including shops, parking
facilities, and any other facilities ancillary to the hotel. The
term also includes a hotel owned by or located on land that is
owned by an eligible central municipality, as defined by Section
351.001, Tax Code, or by nonprofit corporation acting on behalf of
an eligible central municipality, and is located within 1,000 feet
of a convention center facility owned by the municipality,
including shops, parking facilities, and any other facilities
ancillary to the hotel.
      SECTION     .  Section 2, Chapter 63, Acts of the 59th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1965 (Article 1269j-4.1, Vernon's
Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read
as follows:
      (c)  An eligible central municipality, as defined by Section
351.001, Tax Code, may establish, acquire, lease as lessee or
lessor, purchase, construct, improve, enlarge, equip, repair,
operate, or maintain a hotel that is owned by or located on land
owned by the municipality or by a nonprofit corporation acting on
behalf of an eligible central municipality and is located within
1,000 feet of a convention center facility owned by the
municipality. An eligible central municipality may also issue bonds
or incur other obligations to acquire, lease, construct, or equip a
hotel that is owned by or located on land owned by the municipality
or by a nonprofit corporation acting on behalf of an eligible
central municipality and that is located within 1,000 feet of a
convention center owned by the municipality.