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Amend CSHB 262 by inserting the following new SECTION to the
bill, appropriately numbered, and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS
of the bill accordingly:
SECTION _____. Section 351.101(e), Tax Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(e) Hotel occupancy tax revenue spent for a purpose
authorized by this section may be spent for day-to-day operations,
supplies, salaries, office rental, travel expenses, and other
administrative costs only if those administrative costs are
incurred directly in the promotion and servicing expenditures
authorized under Section 351.101(a). If a municipal or other
public or private entity that conducts an activity authorized under
this section conducts other activities that are not authorized
under this section, the portion of the total administrative costs
of the entity for which hotel occupancy tax revenue may be used may
not exceed the portion of those administrative costs actually
incurred in conducting the authorized activities. Authorized
salaries paid pursuant to this section must be equal to or greater
than the hourly wage computed by dividing the annual family income
for a family of four by 2,080 hours. For purposes of this
subsection the annual family income for a family of four shall be
determined by reference to the most recent United States Department
of Health and Human and Services poverty guidelines for the 48
contiguous states and the District of Columbia.