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Amend SB 1771 on third reading by adding the following
appropriately numbered SECTIONS and renumbering subsequent
SECTIONS appropriately:
SECTION __. Subdivision (2), Section 351.001, Tax Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(2) "Convention center facilities" or "convention
center complex" means facilities that are primarily used to host
conventions and meetings. The term means civic centers, civic
center buildings, auditoriums, exhibition halls, and coliseums
that are owned by the municipality or other governmental entity or
that are managed in whole or part by the municipality. In a
municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more, "convention
center facilities" or "convention center complex" means civic
centers, civic center buildings, auditoriums, exhibition halls,
and coliseums that are owned by the municipality or other
governmental entity or that are managed in part by the
municipality, hotels owned by the municipality or a nonprofit
municipally sponsored local government corporation created under
Chapter 431, Transportation Code, within 1,000 feet of a convention
center owned by the municipality, or a historic hotel owned by the
municipality or a nonprofit municipally sponsored local government
corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code, within
one mile of a convention center owned by the municipality. The term
includes parking areas or facilities that are for the parking or
storage of conveyances and that are located at or in the vicinity of
other convention center facilities. 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 that is located within 1,000 feet
of a convention center facility owned by the municipality. In a
municipality that has a population of less than 114,000 and that
contains a portion of the Bosque River, the terms include a hotel
owned by or located on land that is owned by the municipality or by a
nonprofit corporation acting on behalf of the municipality and that
is located within 1,500 feet of a convention center facility owned
by the municipality.
SECTION __. Subsection (a), Section 351.102, Tax Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Subject to the limitations provided by this subchapter,
a municipality may pledge the revenue derived from the tax imposed
under this chapter for the payment of bonds that are issued under
Section 1504.002(a), Government Code, for one or more of the
purposes provided by Section 351.101 or, in the case of a
municipality of 1,500,000 or more, for the payment of principal of
or interest on bonds or other obligations of a municipally
sponsored local government corporation created under Chapter 431,
Transportation Code, that were issued to pay the cost of the
acquisition and construction of a convention center hotel or the
cost of acquisition, remodeling, or rehabilitation of a historic
hotel structure; provided, however, such pledge may only be that
portion of the tax collected at such hotel. A municipality that has
a population of less than 114,000 and that contains a portion of the
Bosque River may pledge revenue from the tax imposed under this
chapter and collected at convention center facilities for the
payment of bonds or other obligations that a nonprofit corporation
acting on behalf of the municipality issued or incurred to acquire,
lease, construct, or equip the convention center facilities.
SECTION __. Subdivision (2), Section 352.001, Tax Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(2) "Convention center facilities" or "convention
center complex" means civic centers, civic center buildings,
auditoriums, exhibition halls, and coliseums that are owned by the
county or that are managed in whole or part by the county. The terms
include [term includes] parking areas or facilities that are for
the parking or storage of conveyances and that are located at or in
the immediate vicinity of other convention center facilities.
SECTION __. Section 1477.302, Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1477.302. AUTHORITY FOR VISITOR OR TOURIST
ATTRACTIONS. (a) In this section, "convention center facilities"
and "convention center complex" have the meanings assigned by
Section 352.001, Tax Code.
(b) A county may establish, acquire, lease as lessor or
lessee, construct, improve, enlarge, equip, repair, operate, or
maintain:
(1) a public improvement or facility to attract
visitors or tourists to the county, including convention center
facilities, a convention center complex, or a [civic center, a
civic center building, an auditorium, an exhibition hall, a
coliseum,] stadium[,] or other sports facility; or
(2) a parking facility located at or in the immediate
vicinity of an improvement or facility described by Subdivision (1)
to be used in connection with the improvement or facility for
off-street parking or storage of motor vehicles or other
conveyances.
SECTION __. Subsection (a), Section 1504.001, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) A municipality may establish, acquire, lease as lessee
or lessor, construct, improve, enlarge, equip, repair, operate, or
maintain a facility such as:
(1) a civic center, auditorium, opera house, music
hall, exhibition hall, coliseum, museum, library, or other
municipal building;
(2) a golf course, tennis court, or other similar
recreational facility;
(3) a hotel owned by a municipality or a nonprofit
municipally sponsored local government corporation created under
Chapter 431, Transportation Code, that is located not more than
1,000 feet from a convention center owned by a municipality with a
population of 1,500,000 or more, or that is located within 1,500
feet of a convention center facility owned by a municipality that
has a population of less than 114,000 and that contains a portion of
the Bosque River;
(4) a historic hotel owned by a municipality or a
nonprofit municipally sponsored local government corporation
created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code, that is located not
more than one mile from a convention center owned by a municipality
with a population of 1,500,000 or more; or
(5) a parking facility at or in the immediate vicinity
of a facility described by Subdivisions (1)-(4) for use in
connection with that facility for off-street parking or storage of
motor vehicles or other conveyances.
SECTION __. Subdivision (8), Section 2303.003, 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 the Texas
Transportation Corporation Act, Chapter 431, Transportation Code,
that is within 1,000 feet of a convention center owned by a
municipality with [having] a population of 1,500,000 or more, or
that is located within 1,500 feet of a convention center facility
owned by a municipality that has a population of less than 114,000
and that contains a portion of the Bosque River. The term includes
[including] shops, parking facilities, and any other facilities
ancillary to the hotel.
SECTION __. Subsection (b), Section 2303.5055, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) A municipality with a population of 1,500,000 or more,
or a municipality that has a population of less than 114,000 and
that contains a portion of the Bosque River, may agree to guarantee
from hotel occupancy taxes the bonds or other obligations of a
municipally sponsored local government corporation created under
the Texas Transportation Corporation Act (Article 1528l, Vernon's
Texas Civil Statutes) that were issued or incurred to pay the cost
of construction, remodeling, or rehabilitation of a qualified hotel
project.