78R3763 DAK-F


By:  Seaman                                                       H.B. No. 808



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the use of municipal hotel tax revenue collected by 
certain coastal municipalities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 351.1055(b), Tax Code, is amended to 
read as follows:    
	(b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a 
home-rule municipality that borders the Gulf of Mexico and has a 
population of more than 250,000 may use all or any portion of the 
revenue derived from the municipal hotel occupancy tax from hotels 
in an area previously subject to a county hotel occupancy tax and 
located on an island bordering the Gulf of Mexico to clean and 
maintain public beaches in the municipality.
	SECTION 2.  Section 351.107(e), Tax Code, is amended to read 
as follows:     
	(e)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a 
municipality to which this section applies may use all or any 
portion of the revenue derived from the municipal hotel occupancy 
tax from hotels in an area previously subject to a county hotel 
occupancy tax and located on an island bordering the Gulf of Mexico
to clean and maintain public beaches in the municipality.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2003, if it 
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each 
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for effect on that 
date, this Act takes effect September 1, 2003.