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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of state hotel occupancy tax revenue to clean |
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and maintain beaches in certain municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 156.2512, Tax Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 156.2512. ALLOCATION OF REVENUE TO CERTAIN |
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MUNICIPALITIES. (a) Not later than the last day of the month |
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following a calendar quarter, the comptroller shall: |
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(1) compute the amount of revenue derived from the |
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collection of taxes imposed under this chapter at a rate of one |
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percent and received from hotels located in an eligible barrier |
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island [general-law] coastal municipality; and |
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(2) issue to the eligible barrier island [general-law] |
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coastal municipality a warrant drawn on the general revenue fund in |
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the amount computed under Subdivision (1). |
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(b) An eligible barrier island [general-law] coastal |
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municipality may use money received under this section only to |
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clean and maintain public beaches in that municipality. |
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(c) In this section: |
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(1) "Eligible barrier island [general-law] coastal |
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municipality" means a [general-law] municipality: |
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(A) that has a population of less than 10,000 |
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[5,000]; |
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(B) that borders on the Gulf of Mexico; [and] |
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(C) that is located wholly on a barrier island; |
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and |
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(D) the boundaries of which are within 30 miles |
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of the United Mexican States. |
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(2) "Clean and maintain" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 61.063, Natural Resources Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |