Amend HB 1669 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
section and renumbering the remaining sections of the bill 
accordingly:
	SECTION ____. Chapter 352, Tax Code, is amended by adding 
Section 352.0021 to read as follows:
	Sec. 352.0021. TAX AUTHORIZED; RATIFICATION ELECTION. (a) 
Subject to Subsection (e), the commissioners court of a county that 
has a population of 20,000 or less and that is bordered by the 
Brazos and Navasota Rivers, by the adoption of an order or 
resolution, may impose a tax on a person who, under a lease, 
concession, permit, right of access, license, contract, or 
agreement, pays for the use or possession or for the right to the 
use or possession of a room that is in a hotel, costs $2 or more each 
day, and is ordinarily used for sleeping.
	(b) The order or resolution imposing the tax must state the 
rate of the tax to be imposed. The tax rate may not exceed the rate 
authorized by Section 352.003(a).
	(c) The price of a room in a hotel does not include the cost of 
food served by the hotel and the cost of personal services performed 
by the hotel for the person except for those services related to 
cleaning and readying the room for use or possession.
	(d) The tax does not apply to a person who is a permanent 
resident under Section 156.101.
	(e) If the commissioners court of a county authorized by 
Subsection (a) to impose the tax adopts an order or resolution 
imposing the tax and setting the tax rate, the registered voters of 
the county at an election held for that purpose must determine 
whether to approve the adopted tax rate.
	(f) The commissioners court shall order that an election be 
held in the county on a date that is not less than 30 or more than 90 
days after the date on which it adopted the tax rate. At the 
election, the ballots shall be prepared to permit voting for or 
against the proposition: "Approving the county hotel occupancy tax 
at a rate of        percent of the price paid for a room in a hotel."
	(g) If a majority of the votes cast in the election favor the 
proposition, the tax is imposed at the rate that was adopted by the 
commissioners court. If the proposition is not approved, the tax is 
not effective.
	(h) Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply to an 
election under this section.