Amend HB 1820 as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 5, strike "Section 352.002(a), Tax Code, is" and substitute "Sections 352.002(a) and (d), Tax Code, are".
(2) On page 3, line 14, strike "and".
(3) On page 3, line 16, strike the period and substitute:
; and
(23) a county that borders Whitney Lake.
(4) On page 3, between lines 16 and 17, insert the
following:
(d) The tax imposed by a county authorized by Subsection
(a)(4), (6), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (17), (19), (20), [or]
(21), or (23) to impose the tax does not apply to a hotel located in
a municipality that imposes a tax under Chapter 351 applicable to
the hotel. This subsection does not apply to:
(1) a county authorized by Subsection (a)(6) to impose
the tax that:
(A) has a population of less than 40,000 and
adjoins the most populous county in this state; or
(B) has a population of more than 200,000 and
borders the Neches River; or
(2) a county authorized by Subsection (a)(9) to impose
the tax that has a population of more than 9,000.
(5) Insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION to
read as follows and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ___. Subchapter B, Chapter 352, Tax Code, is
amended by adding Section 352.1034 to read as follows:
Sec. 352.1034. CERTAIN COUNTIES BORDERING WHITNEY LAKE.
The revenue from a tax imposed under this chapter by a county
authorized to impose the tax by Section 352.002(a)(23) may be used
only for the purpose described in Section 352.101(a)(3) and only in
relation to unincorporated areas of the county.