Amend CSHB 2424 as follows:
(1) Add the appropriately numbered SECTIONS of the bill and
renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill appropriately:
SECTION ____. Section 351.006, Tax Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) The right to use or possess a room in a hotel is exempt
from taxation under this chapter if the person required to collect
the tax receives, in good faith from a guest, an exemption
certificate stating qualification for an exemption provided in
Subsection (c). The exemption must be supported by the
documentation required under rules adopted by the comptroller and
the municipality.
SECTION ____. Section 352.007, Tax Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) The right to use or possess a room in a hotel is exempt
from taxation under this chapter if the person required to collect
the tax receives, in good faith from a guest, an exemption
certificate stating qualification for an exemption provided in
Subsection (c). The exemption must be supported by the
documentation required under rules adopted by the comptroller and
the county.
SECTION ____. Section 334.256(a), Tax Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Each bill or other receipt for a hotel charge subject to
the tax imposed under this subchapter must contain a statement in a
conspicuous location stating the applicable hotel occupancy tax
rate collected by the hotel from the customer for the State of Texas
(insert state rate of tax) and the tax rate and identity of each
other taxing authority that has imposed a hotel occupancy tax for
the room night (insert rate of tax). [:" insert name of taxing
municipality or county) requires that an additional tax
of percent (insert rate of tax) be imposed on each hotel charge
for the purpose of financing a venue project. In addition to the
tax imposed to finance a venue project, the State of Texas requires
that a tax of six percent be imposed on each hotel charge."]