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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to county participation in the enterprise zone program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subdivision (8), Section 2303.003, Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(8) "Qualified hotel project" means a hotel proposed |
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to be constructed by a municipality, a county, or a nonprofit |
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municipally sponsored or county-sponsored local government |
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corporation created under the Texas Transportation Corporation |
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Act, Chapter 431, Transportation Code, that is within 1,000 feet of |
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a convention center owned by a municipality or county, as |
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appropriate, having a population of 1,500,000 or more, including |
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shops, parking facilities, and any other facilities ancillary to |
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the hotel. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 2303.505, Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) To encourage the development of areas designated as |
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enterprise zones, the governing body of a municipality or county |
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through a program may refund its local sales and use taxes paid by a |
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qualified business on all taxable items purchased for use at the |
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qualified business site related to the project or activity. |
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SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 2303.505, Government |
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Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to the refund of local |
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sales and use taxes paid on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act does not make an appropriation. This |
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Act takes effect only if a specific appropriation for the |
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implementation of the Act is provided in a general appropriations |
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act of the 81st Legislature. |
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SECTION 5. Except as provided by Section 4 of this Act, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |