Amend CSHB 2233 as follows:                                                  

(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the 	bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION __.  (a)  Subchapter E, Chapter 152, Tax Code, is 
amended by adding Section 152.094 to read as follows:
	Sec. 152.094.  MOTOR VEHICLES USED IN TELEVISION, MOTION 
PICTURE, VIDEO, OR AUDIO PRODUCTIONS.  (a)  In this section, 
"nonbroadcast, industrial, or educational recorded material" means 
material produced for instructional, educational, sales, 
promotional, amusement, or entertainment purposes, regardless of 
the medium used or the manner displayed or transmitted.  The term 
includes recording of events for sale to interested persons.
	(b)  The taxes imposed by this chapter do not apply to the 
purchase, rental, or use of a motor vehicle used exclusively in 
connection with the production for consideration of a television 
film, commercial, or program, nonbroadcast, industrial, or 
educational recorded material, a motion picture, or a video or 
audio recording, a copy of which is sold or offered for ultimate 
sale, licensed, distributed, broadcast, or otherwise commercially 
exhibited.
	(c)  The tax that would have been remitted on gross rental 
receipts without the exemption provided by this section is 
considered to have been remitted for the purpose of computing the 
minimum gross rental receipts tax imposed by Section 152.026.
	(b)  Subchapter C, Chapter 156, Tax Code, is amended by 
adding Section 156.105 to read as follows:
	Sec. 156.105.  EXCEPTION--PERSONS INVOLVED IN TELEVISION, 
MOTION PICTURE, VIDEO, OR AUDIO PRODUCTIONS. (a)  In this section, 
"nonbroadcast, industrial, or educational recorded material" means 
material produced for instructional, educational, sales, 
promotional, amusement, or entertainment purposes, regardless of 
the medium used or the manner displayed or transmitted.  The term 
includes recording of events for sale to interested persons.
	(b)  Subject to this section, this chapter does not impose a 
tax on a person involved exclusively in the production for 
consideration of a television film, commercial, or program, 
nonbroadcast, industrial, or educational recorded material, a 
motion picture, or a video or audio recording, a copy of which is 
sold or offered for ultimate sale, licensed, distributed, 
broadcast, or otherwise commercially exhibited, provided that the 
person has the right to use or possess a room in one hotel or in a 
series of two or more hotels for at least three consecutive days.
	(c)  A person otherwise excepted under this section shall pay 
the tax imposed by this chapter and is entitled to a refund of the 
amount of tax paid in accordance with Section 156.154.
	(c)  Section 156.154(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as 
follows:            
	(a)  A governmental entity [that is] entitled under Section 
156.103 or a person entitled under Section 156.105 to a refund of 
taxes paid under this chapter must file a refund claim with the 
comptroller.
	(d)  The change in law made by this section does not affect 
taxes imposed before the effective date of this section, and the law 
in effect before the effective date of this section is continued in 
effect for the purposes of the liability for and collection of those 
taxes.
	(e)  This section takes effect July 1, 2005, if this Act 
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 section takes effect October 1, 2005.
	(2)  On page 20, line 4, between "section" and the comma, 
insert "or as otherwise provided by this Act".
	(3)  On page 20, line 11, between "session" and the 
semicolon, insert ", except as otherwise provided by this Act".