LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 26, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Frank Madla, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Intergovernmental Relations
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB1315  by Staples (Relating to the allocation of revenue
               from the municipal hotel occupancy tax.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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The bill would amend Chapter 351 of the Tax Code to allow revenue from
the municipal hotel occupancy tax to be used for the promotion and event
costs associated with sporting events where the principal participants
were primarily tourists whose presence in the community would enhance
hotel and motel activities.

Under current law, revenue from the municipal hotel occupancy tax may be
used for certain purposes only, including:  promotion of tourism and
acquisition of sites for construction of convention center facilities or
visitor information centers; furnishing of facilities, personnel, and
materials for the registration of convention delegates or registrants; or
advertising and conducting solicitations and promotional programs to
attract tourists and convention delegates. 

The bill would take effect immediately upon enactment, assuming that it
received the requisite two-thirds majority votes in both houses of the
Legislature.  Otherwise, it would take effect September 1, 2001.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, SD