By:  Krusee                                                       H.B. No. 2961



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the use of revenue from the municipal hotel occupancy 
tax by certain municipalities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), (6) Section 351.101, Tax Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
		(6)  for a municipality located in a county with a 
population of [65,000] 250,000 or less, expenses, including 
promotion expenses, directly related to a sporting event in which 
the majority or participants are tourists who substantially 
increase economic activity at hotels and motels within the 
municipality or its vicinity.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately 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 immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.