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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the definition of eligible central municipality for |
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purposes of the municipal hotel occupancy tax. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subdivision (7), Section 351.001, Tax Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(7) "Eligible central municipality" means a |
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municipality with a population of more than 325,000 [440,000] but |
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less than 1.5 million that is located in a county with a population |
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of one million or more and that has adopted a capital improvement |
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plan for the expansion of an existing convention center facility. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to revenue derived from the tax to which this section applies that |
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is pledged on or after the effective date of this Act. Revenue |
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pledged before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law |
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in effect when the revenue was pledged, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |