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78R12608 DAK-D
By: Casteel H.B. No. 1827
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1827:
By: Hilderbran C.S.H.B. No. 1827
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the allocation of revenue from the state hotel tax for
certain purposes in certain municipalities located in counties in a
park and recreation district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 156, Tax Code, is amended
by adding Section 156.2513 to read as follows:
Sec. 156.2513. ALLOCATION OF REVENUE: CERTAIN
MUNICIPALITIES LOCATED IN COUNTIES IN A PARK AND RECREATION
DISTRICT. (a) Not later than the last day of the month following a
calendar quarter, the comptroller shall:
(1) compute the amount of revenue derived from the
collection of taxes imposed under this chapter at a rate of one
percent and received from hotels located in a municipality with a
population of more than 35,000 located in a county in which a park
and recreation district has been created under Chapter 324, Local
Government Code; and
(2) issue to the municipality a warrant drawn on the
general revenue fund in the amount computed under Subdivision (1).
(b) A municipality that receives money under this section
may use the money only to clean and maintain rivers located within
the boundaries of the municipality.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect October 1, 2003.