S.B. No. 1111
AN ACT
relating to the financing, construction, operation of, and records
regarding venue projects in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 334.103, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [The] tax
authorized by this subchapter is imposed at a rate in increments of
one-eighth of one percent, not to exceed five percent, on the gross
rental receipts from the rental in the municipality or county of a
motor vehicle.
(c) A county with a population of more than two million that
is adjacent to a county with a population of more than one million
may impose the tax authorized by this subchapter at a rate not to
exceed six percent on the gross rental receipts from the rental in
the county of a motor vehicle.
SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 334.104, Local
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Section 334.1041, a [A]
municipality or county that has adopted a tax under this subchapter
at a rate of less than five percent may by ordinance or order
increase the rate of the tax to a maximum of five percent if the
increase is approved by a majority of the registered voters of that
municipality or county voting at an election called and held for
that purpose.
SECTION 3. Subchapter E, Chapter 334, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 334.1041 to read as follows:
Sec. 334.1041. RATE INCREASE IN CERTAIN POPULOUS COUNTIES.
(a) This section applies only to a county with a population of more
than two million that is adjacent to a county with a population of
more than one million.
(b) A county that has adopted a tax under this subchapter at
a rate of less than six percent may by order increase the rate of the
tax to a maximum of six percent if the increase is approved by a
majority of the registered voters of the county voting at an
election called and held for that purpose.
(c) The ballot for the election to increase the rate of the
tax shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The increase of the motor vehicle rental tax for the
purpose of financing __________________ (insert description of
venue project) to a maximum rate of _______ percent (insert new
maximum rate not to exceed six percent)."
SECTION 4. Section 334.254, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 334.254. TAX RATE. (a) Except as provided by
Subsection (c), the [The] tax authorized by this subchapter may be
imposed by a municipality or county at any rate not to exceed two
percent of the price paid for a room in a hotel.
(b) The ballot proposition at the election held to adopt the
tax must specify the maximum rate of the tax to be adopted.
(c) A county with a population of more than two million that
is adjacent to a county with a population of more than one million
may impose the tax authorized by this subchapter at any rate not to
exceed three percent of the price paid for a room in a hotel.
SECTION 5. The heading to Section 335.023, Local Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 335.023. POLITICAL SUBDIVISION; RECORDS AND OPEN
MEETINGS.
SECTION 6. Section 335.023, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A district's books, records, and papers relating to an
approved venue project and the revenue used to finance the project
are public information and subject to disclosure under Chapter 552,
Government Code.
SECTION 7. Subchapter E, Chapter 335, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 335.076 to read as follows:
Sec. 335.076. CONTRACTS WITH HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED
BUSINESSES. (a) This section applies only in relation to an
approved venue project constructed and operated under the authority
of a district in a county with a population of more than two million
that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than one
million.
(b) In this section, "historically underutilized business"
has the meaning assigned by Section 2161.001, Government Code.
(c) A district shall make a good faith effort to increase
the contracts the district awards to historically underutilized
businesses for the construction of a venue project. The district
shall make the good faith effort in the same manner, based on the
same rules, and under the same conditions as a state agency under
Section 2161.182, Government Code.
(d) A district shall make a good faith effort to increase
the contracts the district awards to historically underutilized
businesses for the purchase of goods and services relating to the
construction or operation of a venue project. The district shall
make the good faith effort in the same manner, based on the same
rules, and under the same conditions as a state agency under Section
2161.181, Government Code.
SECTION 8. 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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1111 passed the Senate on
April 3, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 3; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 8, 2003, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1111 passed the House, with
amendments, on May 1, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 122,
Nays 18, one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor