Amend HB 1669 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTIONS and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 352, Tax Code, is 
amended by adding Section 352.0022 to read as follows:
	Sec.  352.0022.  TAX AUTHORIZED; RATIFICATION ELECTION.  (a)  
Subject to Subsection (e), the commissioners court of a county that 
has a population of more than 15,000 and less than 20,000 and is 
located on the Trinity 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(h).
	(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.
	SECTION ____.  Section 352.003, Tax Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
	(h)  The tax rate in a county authorized to impose the tax 
under Section 352.0022 may not exceed two percent of the price paid 
for a room in a hotel.
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 352, Tax Code, is 
amended by adding Section 352.0023 to read as follows:
	Sec. 352.0023.  TAX AUTHORIZED;  RATIFICATION ELECTION.  (a)  
Subject to Subsection (e), the commissioners court of a county that 
has a population of less than 15,000 and that is bordered by the 
Trinity 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.