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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 on barrier islands in an |
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eligible barrier 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: |
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(1) to clean and maintain public beaches in that |
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municipality; and |
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(2) for an erosion response project in that |
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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 5,000;
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[(B)] that borders on the Gulf of Mexico; |
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(B) that is located wholly or partly on a barrier |
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island; and |
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(C) the boundaries of which are within 30 miles |
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of the United Mexican States or include a portion of a national |
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seashore. |
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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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(3) "Erosion response project" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 33.601, 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. |
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______________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1009 was passed by the House on March |
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15, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 1009 on May 24, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, |
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3 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1009 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 17, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |